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Farm bill is first step in long process
If the writing of federal legislation is, as often described, a kabuki dance, then the farm bill passed by House Ag Committee July 19 is only the first, essential step of a complex drama that has two more months of rewrites before its scheduled Oct.
Farm bill moves to House floor
WASHINGTON - The House agriculture committee unanimously passed a new farm bill July 19 that expands benefits to nearly all sectors of agriculture, including fruits and vegetables.
Is it The Year for farm bill? Well ..
The ag world treats the cyclical years when the farm bill is written as The Years. As in "this could be The Year that meaningful reform streamlines ag programs" or "this could be The Year that environmental mandates include substantial financial assistance.
House gets down to farm bill nitty-gritty
WASHINGTON - The House agriculture committee began subcommittee markups of the 2007 farm bill this week.
Looking for farm bill balance
WASHINGTON - Lawmakers writing the 2007 farm bill have about $30 billion worth of requests per year for funding from the commodities portion of the bill.
Farm bill is a wobbly effort at best
When longtime Texas congressman "Cotton" Charlie Stenholm got bushwhacked for re-election by colleague Tom DeLay's infamous Texas redistricting plan in 2004, most ag policy hands lamented that much of the House Agriculture Committee's farm bill experience went down with him.
Proposed farm bill asks for stronger farm safety net, decreased subsidies
SALEM, Ohio - Farmer feedback is the foundation for what USDA has proposed for the 2007 farm bill. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns revealed the policy Jan.
Too many cooks in farm bill kitchen
If urban sprawl consumes two acres of America's finite farmland every minute, should Congress, through the 2007 farm bill, address farmland protection? If one out of three Americans is either overweight or obese, should the $57 billion the U.
’07 farm bill: Seeing the light of day
The big wins Senate and House Democrats enjoyed Nov. 7 will deliver them bigger titles, bigger offices, bigger staffs, bigger responsibilities and bigger expectations when the 110th Congress convenes in early January.
Farm Bill shopping lists long
On September's two middle Wednesdays, American agriculture's soft hands and hard hands - its lobbyists and farmers - brought their 2007 farm bill shopping lists to the House Agriculture Committee.
