By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has promoted Jonathan Coppess to be administrator of USDA’s Farm Service Agency after Doug Caruso resigned from the post, citing philosophical differences with the Obama administration....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
With hearings on biofuels coming fast and furious, the Renewable Fuels Association has offered a preview of its approach to the EPA proposed rulemaking for the Renewable Fuel Standard....
In testimony on Capitol Hill, American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman said it was a long, hard road to passage of the 2008 farm bill. ...
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
A few hours after brokering a deal on the House climate bill, Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, explained why compromise was necessary, how the controversial indirect land use provisions will be handled and repeatedly commented on the mutual distrust between agriculture and the EPA....
Commissioners and secretaries of agriculture representing 17 southern states and U.S. territories have said the Southern Association of State Departments of Agriculture (SASDA) formally opposes H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009....
The nation’s county governments and farmers are partnering to oppose legislation to significantly expand the federal jurisdiction of The Clean Water Act (CWA)....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 received more than 80 votes when it passed the U.S. Senate not once but three times after Congress voted to override then-President Bush’s two vetoes....
The National Corn Growers Association and other leading agricultural organizations have sent a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer expressing concerns about the cap-and-trade portion of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The U.S. economy stands to lose $5 billion to $9 billion in sales to its foreign competitors over the next two years if Congress does not take steps to help solve the nation’s ongoing agricultural labor shortage....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The Obama administration is continuing to push for a $500,000 cap on direct payments, a new limit on total farm program payments and elimination of cotton storage credits in its budget proposals for fiscal year 2010....
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