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Washington DC - December 7 - USDA’s Risk Management Agency released the first draft of a proposed new Standard Reinsurance Agreement between the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation and the crop insurance companies which deliver the program nationally.

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Washington DC - June 24 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today urged producers to learn about the new Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program before the August sign-up deadline.

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Washington DC - April 23 -  National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson said the continuation and improvement of risk management tools is necessary for agricultural producers to compete in today’s farming environment.

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Washington DC -May 8- Members of the U.S. House-Senate Farm Bill Conference Committee today moved one step closer to approving a farm bill. Principle negotiators announced they have reached an agreement on the new farm bill.

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Washington DC -April 25- President Bush today signed a one-week Farm Bill extension which was passed by the Congress on Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »

Washington DC -April 21- Getting a Farm Bill passed yet this year is a top priority for the National Farmers Union (NFU). Tom Buis, President of NFU, told WashingtonView Radio today that the House and Senate need to come to an agreement soon.

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Washington DC -March 5- At the request of senior House and Senate agriculture committee staff, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has provided a detailed document developed from Administration analysis of impacts to current USDA programs - in the absence of enactment of a new farm bill or an extension of the 2002 farm bill past March 15, 2008. Read the rest of this entry »

Washington DC -March 26- National Farmers Union commended the House of Representatives following passage of nearly $4 billion in emergency disaster assistance and an extension of the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) Program. Read the rest of this entry »

Washington DC -February 21- Following is a transcript of remarks by USDA Secretary Mike Johanns to the Washington International Trade Association: Read the rest of this entry »

Washington DC -February 13- The United States Department of Agriculture will release new 10-year agricultural projections Feb. 14 at noon EST. Read the rest of this entry »

Washington DC -February 6- USDA Secretary Mike Johanns this week released details of President Bush’s FY 2008 U.S. Department of Agriculture budget, which meets the Department’s most important priorities, while exercising fiscal discipline to meet
the President’s goal to balance the budget. Read the rest of this entry »

Washington DC -February 2- U.S. farmers must make a host of decisions relating to their farms’ operation, including what to grow, when to grow it, in what quantities, and by what methods, according to a study released this week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Economic Research Service (ERS). Read the rest of this entry »

Washington DC -February 2- National Farmers Union (NFU) is once again urging Congress to pass emergency disaster assistance for producers who have suffered whether related disasters in 2005 and 2006 production years. Read the rest of this entry »

Washington DC -January 31- Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today unveiled the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 2007 farm bill proposals. Read the rest of this entry »

Washington DC -January 31- Following is a statement from National Farmers Union President Tom Bius regarding the Bush Administration’s Farm Bill proposal: Read the rest of this entry »