By Farm Press Editorial Staff
With the federal deficit growing by billions of dollars daily, Washington observers expect members of Congress to begin taking a much closer look at farm programs in the coming months....
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
After inquiries from farmers about the status of the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE) program, Delta Farm Press made calls to several state Farm Service Agency offices in the South. ...
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
In early October, the Environmental Working Group released a study titled “Crying Wolf” that focused on what a cap and trade system would mean for farmers’ energy costs....
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Launched in early October, the new National Institute of Food and Agriculture carries the hopes of many: hope that NIFA will find answers to increasingly daunting questions about feeding the world, hope that agricultural science will attain the status in the United States that it deserves, hope that the institute will streamline funding for agricultural research....
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is among the most popular federal conservation programs. ...
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Whether writing for the Wall Street Journal or testifying before congressional committees, LSU economist Joseph Mason isn’t shy with his views regarding climate legislation....
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
With several unsettled issues including extensions and sign-ups, the Conservation Reserve Program was the subject of several questions from the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research in early October....
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Prior to passage of a market oversight bill by the House Agriculture Committee last week, committee counsel Andy Baker outlined the changes between it and an earlier version, HR 977, passed in February....
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
A late-summer study by the Agricultural and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M University shows the South would be worse off under proposed climate legislation....
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Following deals and compromises that ended only shortly before the hearing began, the House Agriculture Committee last week passed HR 3795 — more commonly known as the “derivatives oversight” legislation —by a bipartisan voice vote....
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