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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....

Peterson thinks new farm bill still possible in January

Nov 26, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Congress could still complete work on a new farm bill in January if the Senate can quickly resolve its amendment issues when it returns from the Thanksgiving recess, the chairman of the House Agriculture Committee said....

Physicians, AMA barking up the wrong tree

Nov 19, 2007,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

As the Senate prepares to vote on a new farm bill, one thing is clear — we have way too many “farm bill experts” weighing in....

Senators blast national media on farm bill

Nov 19, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Some of the non-stop criticism of farmers and farm programs by media outlets in recent years might be a little easier to take if the tone wasn’t so condescending....

Senate fails to break farm bill impasse with cloture vote

Nov 16, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The Senate fell five votes short of cutting off debate on the farm bill, a move Democratic leaders said was necessary for Congress to complete work on the legislation and send it to the president by year’s end....

Reid files cloture motion to end farm bill impasse

Nov 15, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed a cloture motion on the 2007 farm bill as hopes faded that the Senate would act on the legislation before Congress began its Thanksgiving recess....

Strong positions provoke sharp words on farm bill

Nov 14, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

“Like two warring camps.” That’s how one observer described relations between Congress and the administration as the Senate began its debate on the 2007 Food and Energy Security Act....

CBO: Bush farm bill would cost more than Senate bill

Nov 12, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Presidential advisers who said the Senate Agriculture Committee’s version of the new farm bill should be vetoed because it raises taxes and uses accounting gimmicks should have checked the figures on the administration’s farm bill first, Senate Democrats said....

AgJobs-less farm bill predicted

Nov 8, 2007,

By Cary Blake
Farm Press Editorial Staff

AgJobs farm labor legislation is unlikely to make the final cut in the 2007 farm bill legislation under consideration by the U.S. Senate, predicts Irvine, Calif.-based Western Growers....

Lugar amendment evokes emotional response

Nov 8, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Vivyan Adair was on welfare when she entered North Seattle Community College in 1986. Although she was a high school dropout and the single mother of an infant daughter, Adair persevered, eventually earning a Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 1997....

FRESH Act would be massive overhaul of farm bill

Nov 7, 2007,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The senator who helped give U.S. farmers Freedom to Farm is introducing legislation that would once again overturn most of the counter-cyclical payment and marketing loan provisions of the 2002 farm bill....

Commodity-specific provisions in farm bill

Nov 6, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The new average crop revenue (ACR) option and a permanent disaster program may be attracting much of the attention, but the Food and Energy Security Act of 2007passed by the Senate Agriculture Committee has plenty of other features....

Dorgan-Grassley ‘last chance for reform,’ groups say

Nov 6, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Calling it the “last chance for real farm bill reform,” 71 conservation, environmental and anti-poverty groups sent a letter to members of the U.S. Senate, urging them to vote for the Dorgan-Grassley payment limit amendment when the farm bill comes to the floor....

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