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House, farm groups seek override votes 

May 9, 2008,

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....

House-Senate conferees to announce farm bill agreement 

May 8, 2008,

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....

Food banks urge passage of farm bill; critical shortage of food as clients increase 

May 8, 2008

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. ...

Farmers don’t have luxury of waiting 

May 7, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Driving along Highway 61 in the north Delta, you can’t help notice the crops are late. ...

Committee approves ‘final’ farm bill provisions 

May 2, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Is the long, national ordeal over the 2007… oops, now the 2008 farm bill nearing an end?...

Republicans ask for farm bill meeting with Bush 

Apr 30, 2008,

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....

Bush displeased, farm bill conference postponed 

Apr 30, 2008,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

By now, the stop-and-start nature of farm bill negotiations must have conferees close to whiplash....

House-Senate conferees achieve breakthrough on farm bill 

Apr 28, 2008,

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....

Conference committee approves 3 farm bill initiatives 

Apr 25, 2008,

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....

Lincoln outlines farm bill dynamics 

Apr 25, 2008,

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....

Senate OKs another farm bill extension 

Apr 24, 2008,

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....

Farm bill extension grabs spotlight 

Apr 23, 2008,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Tuesday’s farm bill conference had to be particularly unpleasant for Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin....

Farm bill conference tied up in tax accounting 

Apr 21, 2008,

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....

House approves short farm bill extension 

Apr 17, 2008,

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. ...

White House gets blame for farm bill delay 

Apr 17, 2008,

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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