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Senate-Passed Farm Bill Reintroduced
2013-01-28 17:24:00| National Hog Farmer
By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, DC Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has introduced last years Senate-passed farm bill, a sign that the farm bill is a priority of the Democratic leadership this Congress. read more
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Farm Bill Extension for 2013
2013-01-08 19:43:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
As part of the congressional agreement that was passed to avoid the fiscal cliff, the 2008 Farm Bill was extended through the 2013 crop year, and will now expire on Sept. 30, 2013. The extension of the current farm bill was viewed as a big disappointment to several members of Congress from both parties, as well as by many agricultural organizations and other groups that were hoping for reform in ag policy with a new bill. Focus on Ag read more
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Farm Bill Extension: What's In, What's Out
2013-01-04 21:37:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: Farmgate blog There is time-honored political axiom that says there are two things that you never want to see being made. One is sausage. The other is legislation. That was certainly the case as the Senate and House furiously dealt with the fiscal cliff, the dairy cliff and farm policy. All were woven together Monday and Tuesday and it seems no one is happy with the outcome so that means it must be as fair as it can get. read more
Farm Bill Extension Not Good Enough
2013-01-04 17:18:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: National Grange On Thursday, the National Grange expressed severe disappointment with Congress' failure to debate and ratify a new Food, Farm and Jobs bill, opting instead to extend provisions of the 2008 Farm Bill for another year. The extension of the 2008 Farm Bill, included as part of the American Taxpayer Relief Act passed by Congress on Tuesday, lacks input from agricultural leaders in Congress, fails to address the hardships experienced by rural constituents, and provides no alternative for several expired programs. read more
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Congress extends farm bill, still manages to screw sustainable farmers
2013-01-03 14:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Is something always better than nothing? In the case of the farm bill extension that was buried in Tuesdays last minute fiscal cliff deal, maybe not. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) calls the deal - which will provide $5 billion in subsidies to industrial-scale corn, soy, and wheat farmers while short-changing local food, organics, and beginning farmers, and decimating on-farm conservation efforts - deeply flawed. The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC), meanwhile, has referred...
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