Nov 3, 2009 9:37 AM, From the American Soybean Association
Soybean farming has changed dramatically since 1920. ...
Oct 29, 2009 10:20 AM, By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
With several unsettled issues including extensions and sign-ups, the Conservation Reserve Program was the subject of several questions from the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research earlier this month....
Oct 28, 2009 11:35 AM, By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Following deals and compromises that ended only shortly before the hearing began, the House Agriculture Committee has passed HR 3795 — more commonly known as the “derivatives oversight” legislation —by a bipartisan voice vote....
Oct 28, 2009 11:24 AM, By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Broad conservation initiatives being undertaken by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) were given extra scrutiny at a hearing on the implementation of the farm bill’s conservation title....
Oct 20, 2009 9:51 AM, By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Federal conservation programs are more popular than ever before, members of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research were told during a hearing on the implementation of the farm bill’s conservation title....
Oct 16, 2009 9:34 AM
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has launched the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) with a major speech regarding the role of science and research at USDA. ...
Oct 15, 2009 9:14 AM
USDA will not issue final 2008 counter-cyclical payments to farmers enrolled in the Direct and Counter-cyclical Program for peanuts, corn, grain sorghum, soybeans and oats because average commodity prices remain above levels that trigger these payments....
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News from the Farm BillHouse votes to suspend base acre provisionSep 26, 2008 9:14 AM The House passed legislation supported by both parties that would suspend for the 2008 and 2009 crop years a farm bill provision that required producers to have a minimum of 10-base acres to receive program benefits. ... Senators, ag secretary spar over ACRE provisionsSep 16, 2008 10:21 AM, By Forrest Laws A group of farm-state senators led by Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Harkin is asking Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer to stop trying to re-write the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 through the regulations implementing the new farm bill.... ACRE could be boon or bust for southern farmersJul 15, 2008 9:34 AM, By Forrest Laws The chairmen of the House and the Senate Agriculture Committees and the Bush administration couldn’t find much to agree on in the 2008 farm bill. ... Farm bill, flooding: Economist Daryll RayJul 9, 2008 9:57 AM, By David Bennett After the first round of producer organization-sponsored farm bill meetings, Southeast farmers still have plenty of questions about the new legislation.... |
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