By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
House Agriculture Committee members were expected to consider two versions of the 2007 farm bill when they held a mark-up session for the new law that is expected to guide farm policy for the next five years....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns still believes farmers will face new payment limit rules in the next farm bill, including a provision that those making more than $200,000 in adjusted gross income will be ineligible for farm program benefits....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin says the difference between the budget environment for the 2002 and 2007 farm bills is like night and day. Now it’s becoming obvious the same could be said for his and Rep. Collin Peterson’s views on payment limits....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns expressed disappointment that the House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management rejected most of USDA’s suggestions for revamping the commodity title in the 2007 farm bill....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Ken Cook was livid. You could almost see the anger dripping off the page as the Environmental Working Group president ripped into a House subcommittee for rejecting stricter payment limits....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
During a June 19 mark-up, the House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities approved a five-year extension of the 2002 farm bill commodity title. Prior to the vote, most producers felt the recent legislative wrangling over a new farm bill made even a proposed extension a distinct long shot. They weren’t the only ones....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Some farmers may have relaxed a little when they saw the payment limit section of the preliminary discussion draft the House General Farm Commodities Subcommittee released June 14....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities caught most of the agriculture community by surprise when it approved a five-year extension of the 2002 law during a mark-up session for the commodity title of the new farm bill....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Congressional staffers and others who want “just the facts” in the farm policy debate now have a new Web site that can provide up-to-the-minute background information and responses to attacks on the farm bill....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
House Agriculture Committee leaders are considering reducing the percentage of base acres on which farmers receive farm program payments to help lower spending for the 2007 farm bill....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Congress may have to provide special incentives for growers of cellulosic-based ethanol feedstocks to help keep peace in the farm community, the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry said....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The Conservation Security Program, Sen. Tom Harkin’s hard-luck brainchild that seemed headed for an even more uncertain future in the new farm bill, may get new life, after all....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The American Corn Growers Association has asked the Senate Agriculture Committee to consider a farm bill approach that, in some respects, would take U.S. farm policy back to the future....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
It didn’t take long for the “honeymoon” between the chairman of the House Agriculture Committee and his counterpart on the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry to hit its first bump in the road....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
House leaders say they sent a strong, “bipartisan” message to President Bush that U.S. farmers still need disaster relief to help them recover from hurricanes, floods, droughts and freezes in 2005 and 2006....
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