By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The ink isn’t dry on the final version of the 2008 farm bill (President Bush was expected to veto the full bill passed by the Senate June 4 within a few days, and the House and Senate were expected to vote to override once again.)...
USA Rice Federation will provide industry members with an overview and explanation of key provisions of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 at three educational meetings scheduled June 18 and 19 in south Louisiana....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
I talk to more and more farmers who admit they sometimes wish the farm bill could somehow just go away. ...
Paul Coreil, vice chancellor of the LSU AgCenter and director of the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service, has been named to the newly created Farm Bill Implementation Assistance Committee....
Having passed the Senate on a 77-15 vote, the full farm bill is headed to President Bush where it is expected to be vetoed yet again....
National Cotton Council staff will review key provisions of the new Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 in 45 informational meetings across the Cotton Belt June 16-23....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
As concerns about rising gasoline and food prices continue to swirl, corn ethanol is being pointed at as a causative factor. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
You can’t say the Bush administration didn’t go down swinging in its efforts to thwart the will of Congress and 1,000-plus farm organizations on the 2008 farm bill conference report....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Just as he’d promised for weeks, on May 21, President Bush vetoed the near $300 billion farm bill that Congress passed in a landslide vote....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
In mid-May, with the farm bill still unfinished and President Bush promising to veto the latest version, several prominent agriculture economists gave the new legislative proposals a quick study. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Any doubts that farm organizations supported the 2008 farm bill conference report were laid aside Wednesday when more than 1,000 of them sent a letter to the House and Senate urging them to override the president’s veto....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
On Wednesday morning, just as he’d promised for weeks, President Bush vetoed the near $300 billion farm bill passed overwhelmingly by Congress....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Despite working through the witching hour on May 2, farm bill conferees were unable to conjure up a final farm bill. ...
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Sandwiched between speeches about nutrition needs and arguments over crop insurance, conferees tackled a bothersome marketing issue involving forex contracts during the May 1 farm bill conference....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Not all of the country’s environmental and conservation groups are opposing the farm bill conference report, the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008. Some lobbied for it in the House and Senate and are urging President Bush to reconsider his veto threat....
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