Senate Ag Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow discussed differences in Senate and House versions of the next farm bill during a press briefing at the annual meeting of the Delta Council in Cleveland, Miss....More
Days after the Senate ag committee passed its version of the next farm bill, Sen. Debbie Stabenow told members of the Delta Council the bill would provide a strong safety net for farmers while reducing expenditures significantly....More
With family and friends, I have spent some of the best hours of my life on the Buffalo, which was designated the nation’s first “national river” in 1972. The designation was well-deserved. Outside Ponca, Arkansas’ only elk herd can be heard bugling as it moves through the morning mist blanketing riverside meadows. Rental cabins – rustic or tricked out -- are plentiful, as are hiking trails, small-mouth bass, and friendly folks....More
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against an Indiana soybean farmer who planted Monsanto's Roundup Ready soybean seed without the company's approval....More
Early response to the Senate farm bill has been mostly positive as farm organizations weigh in on the bipartisan proposal passed out of the Senate Agriculture Committee May 14....More
In a joint letter, agricultural groups told members of the Senate that passage of WRDA would authorize new projects for flood protection, port improvements and upgrades to the nation’s aging locks and dams infrastructure....More
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that patent exhaustion does not permit farmers to reproduce seeds through planting and harvesting without the patent holder’s permission....More
The House and Senate ag commitees will begin marking up the 2013 farm bill in separate sessions this week. The debate over spending cuts to nutrition programs is expected to take center stage when it reaches the House....More
