Washington DC -July 16- On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U advanced 1.1 percent in June, following a 0.6 percent increase in May.  The index for energy rose sharply for the second straight month, increasing 6.6 percent in June following a 4.4 percent increase in May.

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Washington DC -July 10- Farmers and ranchers hauling their own goods to market across relatively short distances should not be held to regulations intended for commercial long-haul drivers, according to Mike Spradling, president of the Oklahoma Farm Bureau.

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Washington DC -July 5- National Biodiesel Board (NBB) Chief Executive Officer Joe Jobe released the following statement today in response to a July 4th article in The Guardian:

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Washington DC -July 5- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is launching the SmartWay Leaf Campaign to encourage consumers to purchase SmartWay-certified cars and trucks.

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Washington DC -June 26- The House Agriculture Committee held a hearing this week to review trading in energy markets.  The Committee has jurisdiction over the federal agency responsible for preventing fraud and manipulation in oil and gas futures markets.

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Washington DC -June 26- World marketed energy consumption is projected to grow by 50 percent between 2005 and 2030, driven by robust economic growth and expanding populations in the world’s developing countries, according to the reference case projection from the International Energy Outlook 2008 (IEO2008) released today by the Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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Washington DC -May 26- Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) continued to encourage Iowans to fight back against a D.C.-hatched attack on ethanol.

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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 -May 6- The mandate by Congress to utilize a key food ingredient as the dominant input for biofuels has inextricably coupled food to fuel prices, driving up costs for consumers and affecting the economy, said AMI President and CEO J. Patrick Boyle in testimony submitted to the House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.

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Washington DC -May 5- Congress might have enough votes to overide a threatened veto of the Farm Bill should it come to that, Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-North Dakota), told WashingtonView Radio in an exclusive interview at the U.S. Capitol.

Pomeroy, a member of the House Agriculture Committee AND House Ways and Means Committee and a key player in the marathon negotiating sessions, said the Farm Bill has bipartisan support, and he hopes the President avoids a showdown with Congress and signs the bill into law.

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Washington DC -May 1- National Farmers Union President Tom Buis today recognized that high food prices are adversely affecting American families, especially those in the low and middle class, but said record high energy prices, rather than farm commodity prices, play the biggest role in grocery price increases.

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Washington DC -April 30- Rising food costs in the United States and overseas are receiving a great deal of attention, and a range of complex factors are behind this relatively new phenomenon, according to American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman. Read the rest of this entry »

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 »