The American Soybean Association (ASA) has unveiled its new online Advocacy Training Center that teaches basic skills and protocols for advocating farmer-friendly policy to elected officials. ...
The American Farm Bureau Federation has filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the high court to review a lower court ruling that will otherwise impose Clean Water Act permitting requirements on the application of pesticides on, over or near water....
The National Cotton Council of America and other agricultural groups have filed a petition for certiorari to the U.S Supreme Court seeking reversal of the Sixth Circuit decision in NCC v. EPA....
From the American Soybean Association
Soybean farming has changed dramatically since 1920. ...
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....
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....
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....
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....
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. ...
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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