The following is an overview of the Senate-proposed Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) program, which could become a major part of the 2012 farm bill....More
How would Mid-South farms really do under the farm bill recently passed out of the Senate Agriculture Committee? To answer that question, agriculture economists at the University of Arkansas are considering how programs in the proposed legislation would impact the state’s crops....More
If U.S. farmers believe commodity prices will stay strong for the next five years, the Senate’s farm bill proposal could be a good choice, say Texas AgriLife Extension economists....More
Sugar producers from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America sent the Senate Agriculture Committee a letter on May 16 praising lawmakers for continuing no-cost sugar policy in its farm bill....More
I’m old enough to remember the time when families simply didn’t need much help from Uncle Sam. My father had an unwritten rule. If something looked like we couldn’t afford it, or afford to keep it up, we simply did not buy it or buy into it....More
Congressional redistricting and political polarization have created a situation in which members find it more difficult than ever to compromise....More
"The flag waved over the compound. You could hear it snap as the Stars and Stripes stretched out to all its glory. Goosebumps on my arms, the hair on the back of my neck rose up, a tear dropped down my cheek."...More
