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According to AFBF, tax reform must be simple, transparent, revenue-neutral and fair to farmers and ranchers....More

The goal of the AFBF proposal is to provide a measure of fairness among regions and crops, while providing each commodity sector a workable safety net....More

On a recent rapid-fire trip to Washington, D.C., 14 farmers and University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension agents shared agriculture’s message....More

Immigration reform continues to build momentum in Congress....More

In response to the signing into law of the Continuing Resolution (CR) by President Barack Obama on March 27, the American Soybean Association (ASA) has examined the ramifications for soybean farmers....More

EPA and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) have struck a deal that would hand responsibility for reducing water pollution entirely to the state....More

Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, has alerted the hill the USDA will reduce payments received earlier this year due to sequestration. The reductions are primarily in three programs: Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC), Supplemental Revenue Assistance (SURE) and Non-insured Disaster Assistance Program (NAP), and won’t exceed 8.5 percent.  Instead of asking farmers to pay back the money they’ve already received, the Department plans to take the cut out of future direct payments....More

In recent years, university agricultural research funding has too often been short....More

New Virginia legislation is aimed at property rights, trespass protection and scrap metal theft....More

Voting members of the American Soybean Association met at Commodity Classic to set policy direction for the organization....More