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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, November 02, 2024
Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) headed to the Senate swamp today to push for an open amendment process to the 2012 Farm Bill being debated on the Senate floor. Their amendment to cap crop insurance subsidies at $40,000 is not yet scheduled for a vote.
In a letter to Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Ranking Member Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), 20 agricultural stakeholder groups expressed their opposition to an amendment to the 2012 Farm Bill that would make federal research, promotion and marketing programs, “checkoff
The Coalition to Promote U.S. Agricultural Exports strongly opposes the amendment by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) to the “Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012â€
Senators Kent Conrad, D-N.D., and Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., teamed up to amend the 2012 Farm Bill today with a plan to “improve†the counter-cyclical program. They were joined by Senators Max Baucus, D-Mont., and John Hoeven, R-N.D.
WASHINGTON, June 14, 2012- USDA released the annual report, Expenditures on Children by Families, today finding that a middle-income family with a child born in 2011 can expect to spend about $234,900 ($295,560 if projected inflation costs are factored in*) for food, shelter, and other necessities
Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) said she continues to work with southern commodity interests to develop workable programs for rice and peanuts in the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2012 during a media teleconference today. Noting that “we talk daily,†she said the Senate Agriculture Co
An Executive Order, to be signed Thursday by President Barack Obama, could make broadband construction along federal roads up to 90 percent more affordable.
WASHINGTON, June 12, 2012 - G20 governments have long sought to improve international collaboration in support of a more productive and sustainable global food and agriculture system, but more work is needed.
According to the USDA’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), for 2012/13, U.S. feed grain supplies are virtually unchanged and projected 2012/13 season average price ranges for corn, sorghum, barley, and oats are all unchanged.
The U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government approved Fiscal Year 2013 appropriation levels today, which include a 50 percent increase for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) above the FY 2012 level.
