When Ducks Unlimited invited Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, to its Memphis office to discuss its priorities for the upcoming farm bill, the organization didn’t have to spend much time educating the senator about ducks....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Sen. Kent Conrad says farmers have been down the road the Bush administration’s farm bill proposals would take them before, and they probably don’t want to go there again....
By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns wasn’t exactly stepping into the lions’ den, but it was close. A few hours after he announced that USDA was proposing to end farm payments for anyone with an adjusted gross income of more than $200,000 and eliminate the three-entity rule, Johanns traveled to a meeting with farmers in Tunica, Miss....
The farm bill proposal presented Jan. 31 by Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns falls considerably short of maintaining the viable safety net now in place for farmers, according to USA Rice Producers’ Group Chairman Paul Combs....
By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
U.S. farm and food policies are increasingly “out of balance” and must be re-directed to meet the needs of a broader group of farmers and ranchers, rural and urban communities and others who depend on a healthy food system....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Few farmers or their association representatives expect Congress to enact the next farm bill without at least minor changes to the one currently in place. But change, most say, should not be radical....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Unless the Bush administration can win major concessions in a revival of the Doha Round negotiations, it shouldn’t look to the House Agriculture Committee for help in passing a new WTO agreement....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The halls of Congress are likely to be a bit more crowded when lobbyists for traditional farm organizations begin making their rounds on the new farm bill later this year....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
If at first you don’t succeed try, try again. If you look at Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, you might find a photo of Sen. Kent Conrad next to the listing for that old saying....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
There is an old axiom in life that is an effective comment on the act of meddling — if it ain’t broke, don’t try to fix it. This advice could be applied to the writing of a new farm bill, according to Paul Combs, a rice, cotton, wheat and soybean producer from Kennett, Mo....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson says he plans to have a new farm bill through the House and a House-Senate conference committee...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Democrats took control of the House and Senate by mixing their core vote of liberals, urbanites, African-Americans and union households with...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Was the glass half-empty or half-full? How you rate Congress’ performance in the session just ended may depend on your perception...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
A year ago, an extension of the 2002 farm bill was the best agricultural commodity organizations could have hoped for as debate on the 2007 farm bill began. Today...
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The changes imminent in Senate and House leadership resulting from the mid-term election likely will create new opportunities and challenges...
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