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Archive for the 'Farm Bill' Category
Washington DC -July 14- Recent passage of the 2008 Farm Bill included funding for conservation and environmental programs. Robert Bonnie with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) talks about efforts to improve wildlife habitat, including the rare Ocelot in South Texas, and EDF’s concern with taking land setaside for conservation and allowing its return to agricultural uses, such as haying, grazing, and crop production. Join Mr. Bonnie and host Mike Duncan for this weeks edition of the WashingtonView Radio program.
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Washington DC -July 7- America’s farmers will receive up to $1.15 billion in 2008 advance direct payments beginning today.
| Washington DC -June 26- Following is the transcript of a
teleconference conducted this week with top USDA officials:
05 14th, 2008
Washington DC -May 14- The U.S. House of Representatives has approved the conference report for the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008, a groundbreaking bill that invests in improved nutrition, conservation, renewable energy and farm programs and includes significant reforms.
05 14th, 2008
Washington DC -May 14- Following is a statement from USDA Secretary Ed Schafer regarding House passage of the Farm Bill Conference Report.
05 13th, 2008
Washington DC -May 13- NACD President John Redding , a cotton, peanut and pine tree producer from Monroe, Georgia, today issued the following statement as Congress considers the 2008 Farm Bill Conference Report:
05 13th, 2008
Washington DC -May 13- The House Agriculture Committee has released an extensively detailed Farm Bill report that Conference Committee members agreed to last week. The Farm Bill report can be viewed at:
05 13th, 2008
Washington DC -May 13- The U.S. Cattlemen’s Association (USCA) said Monday that while the House and Senate Farm Bill Conference Committee voted down key provisions that included meaningful competition reform, language remains intact that supports the full implementation of mandatory country of origin labeling (COOL) and interstate meat commerce by state-inspected processing plants.
05 9th, 2008
Washington DC -May 9- Following is a statement from USDA Secretary Ed Schafer regarding new Farm Bill legislation being put to the vote next week in Congress:
05 9th, 2008
Washington -May 9- Following is a statement from American Farm Bureau President Bob Stallman regarding the bipartisan farm bill package agreed to by House and Senate negotiators:
05 8th, 2008
Washington DC - May 8 - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry and of the Senate-House conference committee on the new farm bill, today announced a final farm bill conference agreement with principal negotiators at a press conference on Capitol Hill. The agreement will lead to a formal conference report, which will then be passed by the Senate and House before being sent to the White House. Following are excerpts of Harkin’s remarks at the press conference followed by a detailed summary of the Farm Bill.
05 8th, 2008
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.
05 5th, 2008
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. Hear/download the entire interview now at: WashingtonView Radio or click the LINK to WashingtonView Radio in the lower left column of this page.
04 25th, 2008
04 21st, 2008
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. Listen to NFU Tom Buis interview NOW at: www.blogtalkradio.com/washingtonview |