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Johanns, congressman spar over farm bill vote

Jul 6, 2007,

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....

Policy ‘experts’ vent frustration over extension vote

Jul 3, 2007,

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....

Berry: subcommittee vote ‘best we could expect’

Jun 27, 2007,

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....

Payment limit fight just heating up

Jun 21, 2007,

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....

House subcommittee votes to extend current farm law

Jun 20, 2007,

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....

Farm policy coalition launches Web site

Jun 15, 2007,

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....

House subcommittee considers cut in base acres

Jun 11, 2007,

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....

Farm bill may include switchgrass incentives

Jun 4, 2007,

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....

Situation on conservation title fluid

May 30, 2007,

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....

ACGA: re-establish loan floor, strategic reserve

May 28, 2007,

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....

2007 farm bill hits first bump

May 22, 2007,

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....

Disaster relief war of words

May 22, 2007,

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....

Texas Tech: Farm income would fall under Bush bill

May 16, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns says the Bush administration’s farm bill proposals would provide a “strong safety net” for farmers who don’t exceed an average $200,000 in adjusted gross income per year over a three-year period....

NCC seeks help for domestic textiles

May 15, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The U.S. cotton industry doesn’t begrudge the tax credit incentives and tariff protection Congress has afforded renewable fuel providers in recent years, National Cotton Council leaders say....

Proposed CCP may produce winners, losers

May 9, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

If they could have their druthers, American Farm Bureau Federation leaders say they would rather see Congress increase the funding available for the new farm bill’s counter-cyclical payments by $1.5 billion to $2.5 billion per year....

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