By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Farm bill negotiators and major farm organizations have begun an intense effort to muster the 290 House votes needed to override a promised veto of the 2008 Food, Conservation and Energy Act conference report....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Congressional negotiators have reached final agreement on a 2008 farm bill conference report, setting up a possible showdown with the White House over the five-year legislative package....
The Nation's Food Bank Network reported the results of a new survey that found 100 percent of food bank respondents have seen an increase in the number of clients served within the past year. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Driving along Highway 61 in the north Delta, you can’t help notice the crops are late. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Is the long, national ordeal over the 2007… oops, now the 2008 farm bill nearing an end?...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Republican senators reportedly are asking for a meeting with President Bush to discuss his latest criticism of the ongoing efforts to reach a compromise agreement on the 2008 farm bill....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
By now, the stop-and-start nature of farm bill negotiations must have conferees close to whiplash....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
House and Senate negotiators, defying a White House demand they pass a one-year extension of the farm bill, appear to have reached agreement on a spending framework for a new five-year farm law....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
House-Senate conferees approved three major initiatives for the 2008 farm bill this week although they seemed to be making little progress toward passage of the full legislation, congressional sources said....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
There was no farm bill conference on Wednesday but plenty was going on behind the scenes, promised conferee Sen. Blanche Lincoln....
Farm Press Editorial Staff Report
The Senate once again has approved a short-term extension of the farm bill, giving House-Senate farm bill conference committee members until May 2 to complete new legislation....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Tuesday’s farm bill conference had to be particularly unpleasant for Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Any momentum towards finishing a farm bill is at a snail’s pace. Even with the impetus of an increasingly frustrated agricultural base, last Friday’s farm bill conference largely focused on the merits of taxes and accounting methods. The meeting did not go well....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The new farm bill’s conference committee met twice Wednesday afternoon and nearly completed a new forestry title. The farm bill is slowly taking shape, but slowly won’t get the job done in time to beat Friday’s deadline. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
In 2005, USDA officials spent thousands of hours traveling around the country, conducting farm bill forums in places like Decatur, Ill., Cheyenne, Wyo., and Blackfoot, Idaho....
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