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Post writers would take their ball and go home

Jan 8, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

I’ve considered the editors of the Washington Post to be many things over the years, but I never took them to be sore losers....

Conner says time is ripe for farm bill ‘reforms’

Jan 4, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Some people see a glass half empty; others, one half full. Acting Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner, clearly a member of the former camp, thinks it’s time for Congress to seize on a glass full of high prices and “reform” farm programs....

Farm bill top concern for rice producers

Dec 20, 2007,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The biggest concerns for rice producers and others attending the 2007 USA Rice Outlook Conference in Orlando in early December was what a new farm bill would look like and whether or not it would be in place by the time they’re deciding on their crop mix for 2008....

Conner: Farm bill conference must address AGI limit, taxes

Dec 18, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Acting Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner says the farm bill passed by the Senate fails to strengthen the farm safety net, relies on budget “smoke and mirrors” and continues to send subsidies to people among the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans....

Farm groups brace for conference committee

Dec 17, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The nation’s farm organizations are gearing up for a battle in the House-Senate farm bill conference committee they hope will be the last major hurdle between them and final passage of the Food and Energy Security Act of 2007....

Senate passes ‘reform’ farm bill

Dec 17, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The Senate passed the Food and Energy Security Act of 2007 by a 79-14 vote Friday, ending months of contentious debate and behind-the-scenes parliamentary maneuvering over the $286-billion, five-year legislation....

Dorgan-Grassley amendment fails in Senate

Dec 13, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Sens. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., and Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, fell four votes short of the supermajority they needed for an amendment aimed at imposing much stricter limits on farm program payments as the Senate inched closer to approving a new farm bill....

Ag committees seeking extension for 2002 farm bill

Dec 13, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson is preparing language to continue certain farm bill programs in legislation Congress is expected to pass before the end of this year....

Senate defeats FRESH Act in farm bill vote

Dec 12, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

An amendment that would have eliminated direct payments and the non-recourse loan and replaced them with an expanded crop insurance program became the first to go down in defeat as the Senate began debating on and voting on changes to the 2007 farm bill....

Lincoln: payment limit rules would widen deficit

Dec 10, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The new payment limit rules being proposed as amendments to the 2007 farm bill could mean more traditional U.S. crops being grown overseas and a wider U.S. agricultural trade deficit, Sen. Blanche Lincoln said....

Senate reaches agreement on farm bill amendments

Dec 7, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Senate leaders have agreed to allow members from both parties to offer a maximum of 20 amendments each to the farm bill so the Senate can complete work on the measure before it adjourns for the year....

Reid files new cloture motion on farm bill

Dec 6, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has filed another motion to limit debate and the number of amendments that can be offered to the 2007 farm bill and bring the measure to the Senate floor....

Merits of farm bill veto debated

Dec 6, 2007,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

A presidential veto of a farm bill would be “a tragic policy error and a monumental political error,” says Larry Combest, former chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture Committee....

New farm bill has something for everyone — almost

Dec 3, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Seems like just the other day farm organizations were saying they would be perfectly happy if Congress would simply change the date on the 2002 farm bill to 2007 and call it done....

Farm bill amendment deal ‘close’

Nov 30, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Senate leaders appeared to be edging closer to an agreement on the number of amendments that could be offered for the new farm bill as Congress returned to Washington from its Thanksgiving break....

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