Specialty crops took center stage at a recent House Judiciary Committee hearing as panelists were complementary of proposed Senate immigration legislation.
Who knew that Allen on that elementary school playground more than 30 years ago was doing what man has for ages and what the United Nations now says we should all do more: eat more bugs....More
Legislation to exempt small farms from EPA fuel storage requirements has been incorporated into the Senate-passed Water Resources Development Act....More
Early response to the farm bill has been mostly positive as farm organizations weigh in on the bipartisan proposal passed out of the Senate Agriculture Committee Tuesday....More
The House and Senate Agriculture Committees are scheduled to begin marking up the 2013 version of the farm bill in separate sessions next week. But the debate over spending cuts to the farm bill’s nutrition programs is expected to take center stage when it reaches the House....More
As the ag committees of the House and Senate begin farm bill mark-up, farmers and commodity organizations will be watching closely for safety net proposals....More
