Tag: Farm Bill
2013 ag outlook includes farm bill, food price issues
Economists, ag policy experts take a look at where the new year is headed and where 2012 will end.
Election’s over, now what about farm bill?
Predictions include a short-term extension of the expired bill, or approval of a new, long-term bill.
Farmers to rally in Washington for a new farm bill
Farmers and the organizations that represent them say they want a new bill by Sept. 30, when the current farm bill expires.
Time running out for farm bill, amid record drought, uncertainty
House members say disaster package is only temporary, still planning to approve a five-year farm bill.
Senate passes new farm bill
Now that the Senate passed its version of the farm bill, the pressure's on the House side to craft a new bill before the current act expires at the end of September.
Economist: Dairy title in new farm bill cuts volatility by protecting...
One of the dairy measures proposed for the next farm bill would kick in when the price received for milk sinks too close to the cost of feed.
Major co-ops back dairy stabilization plan
The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee did the right thing when it approved a farm bill that contains much-needed change in federal dairy programs, including provisions outlined in the Dairy Security Act. Dairy farmers in the Upper Midwest will benefit from these changes.
Farm bill clears Senate Ag Committee with bipartisan support
Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act now goes to the full Senate.
National Farmers Union: Market-Driven Inventory System could save tax dollars
The National Farmers Union says the Market-Driven Inventory System (MDIS) would save tax dollars and still provide a farm safety net.
This is not your father’s farm bill
Purdue's Otto Doering: "We have a tendency in the U.S. to socialize losses and privatize gains." Don't expect to see much of that in the next farm bill.
