By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The House passed the farm bill conference report by a vote of 318-106 today (May 14), giving farm organizations a major victory over the national news media and environmental and social activist groups who waged a war against it....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Environmental and social action groups were making a last-ditch effort to derail the 2008 farm bill conference report as the House of Representatives and the Senate prepared to debate and vote on the measure....
The American Soybean Association is urging Congress to pass and President Bush to sign the “Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008.”...
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
On May 8, the farm bill still wasn’t finished but was close enough that the main political players lined up to backslap and announce the latest provisions. Later, President Bush would dampen the mood by promising to veto the bill....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer says the farm bill conference report Congress will consider in the next few days would cost taxpayers another $20 billion above baseline spending for the long-awaited legislation...
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....
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....
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. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Driving along Highway 61 in the north Delta, you can’t help notice the crops are late. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Is the long, national ordeal over the 2007… oops, now the 2008 farm bill nearing an end?...
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....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
By now, the stop-and-start nature of farm bill negotiations must have conferees close to whiplash....
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....
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....
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....
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