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  • May 25, 2012
    Article

    Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) program overview

    The following is an overview of the Senate-proposed Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) program, which could become a major part of the 2012 farm bill....More
  • May 25, 2012
    Article

    ARC and the Mid-South

    How would Mid-South farms really do under the farm bill recently passed out of the Senate Agriculture Committee? To answer that question, agriculture economists at the University of Arkansas are considering how programs in the proposed legislation would impact the state’s crops....More
  • May 25, 2012
    Article

    Farm bill officially introduced in Senate

    On May 24, the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2012 (S.3240) was officially introduced in the U.S. Senate....More
  • May 25, 2012
    Article

    Senate farm bill leaves protection gaps

    If U.S. farmers believe commodity prices will stay strong for the next five years, the Senate’s farm bill proposal could be a good choice, say Texas AgriLife Extension economists....More
  • May 25, 2012
    Article

    Developing nations reaffirm sugar policy support, praise farm bill

    Sugar producers from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America sent the Senate Agriculture Committee a letter on May 16 praising lawmakers for continuing no-cost sugar policy in its farm bill....More
  • May 25, 2012
    blog

    Social Security trust funds and Grandma’s bed

    I’m old enough to remember the time when families simply didn’t need much help from Uncle Sam. My father had an unwritten rule. If something looked like we couldn’t afford it, or afford to keep it up, we simply did not buy it or buy into it....More
  • May 25, 2012
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    What’s happened to bipartisanship in Congress? Part 2

    Congressional redistricting and political polarization have created a situation in which members find it more difficult than ever to compromise....More
  • May 24, 2012
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    Delta Farm Press Calendar of Events

    Important meetings, trade shows, field days and conferences for those involved in Mid-South agriculture....More
  • May 23, 2012
    video

    What’s happened to bipartisanship in Congress?

    The new realities of partisan politics are leading to more paralysis in Congress, a veteran Congressional observer says....More
  • May 23, 2012
    Article

    The American Soldier: 'We did good'

    "The flag waved over the compound. You could hear it snap as the Stars and Stripes stretched out to all its glory. Goosebumps on my arms, the hair on the back of my neck rose up, a tear dropped down my cheek."...More
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