By Paul L. Hollis, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Farm group leaders in the lower Southeast are claiming victories during state legislative sessions this year despite the constraints placed on lawmakers by budget shortfalls in every state....
Sign-up is under way for the new Conservation Stewardship Program, with the first sign-up period cutoff scheduled for Sept. 30....
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
With a climate bill having passed the House and now being hotly debated in the Senate, questions about the potential legislation abound. ...
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Earlier this summer, after changes to the benefit of agriculture, a climate change bill passed the House. ...
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Aimed at enhancing U.S. food safety after a series of high-profile product warnings and recalls, the House passed the Food Safety Enhancement Act (HR 2749) by a vote of 283 to 142 on July 30....
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
During July Senate Agriculture Committee hearings on cap and trade legislation it became quickly apparent that major questions have yet to be answered by proponents....
The federal government must learn to live within its means. ...
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that producers can begin signing up for the Farmable Wetlands Program on Aug. 3, 2009, at their local Farm Service Agency county office....
By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The climate change legislation now before the Senate has succeeded in doing something neither the nation’s environmental groups or the Bush administration could do: Create fault lines in the farm bloc....
By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The new roster of chairmen and members announced by Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and ranking member Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., for its subcommittees today (July 13) contains some old faces and some new....
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