By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
After the first round of producer organization-sponsored farm bill meetings, Southeast farmers still have plenty of questions about the new legislation....
The Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 that U.S. farmers will be hitched to for the next five years has something old, something new, something borrowed and certainly something to make a few farmers blue....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Farmers in Iowa and other states affected by flooding should not be “penalized” for having to make decisions dealing with crop losses that could come back to haunt them when USDA finishes writing the regulations for the new farm bill....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
While the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 eliminates the three-entity rule for farmers, it also makes it easier for a spouse to become eligible for payments. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
In an unusual case of farm bill déjà vu, Congress voted yesterday to override President Bush’s second veto of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Not all the country’s environmental and conservation groups are opposing the farm bill conference report, the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008. ...
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
On May 8, the farm bill still wasn’t finished but was close enough that the main political players lined up to backslap and announce the latest provisions. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer says the farm bill conference report Congress will consider in the next few days would cost taxpayers another $20 billion above baseline spending for the long-awaited legislation....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Only the primary authors of a new, approximately $280 billion farm bill still say the legislation will be in place by an April 18 deadline. ...
By Farm Press Editorial Staff
Senate leaders say their version of the 2008 farm bill, which contains $10 billion above the Congressional Budget Office “baseline,” should be the model for the legislation that must be passed by April 18 to keep farm programs from reverting to permanent law....
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