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 31- On the heels of last year’s record-high corn production, U.S. farmers intend to plant 8 percent fewer corn acres in 2008, according to the Prospective Plantings report released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Read the rest of this entry »

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 -February 19- The American Soybean Association (ASA) expressed strong opposition to an alternative version of the 2008 Farm Bill released by the leadership of the House Committee on Agriculture and the Bush Administration. Read the rest of this entry »

Washington DC -April 10- USDA Secretary Mike Johanns today highlighted the Administration’s farm bill proposals related to conservation. Read the rest of this entry »

Washington DC -April 5- Retail food prices at the supermarket increased slightly in the first quarter of 2007, according to the latest American Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey. Read the rest of this entry »

Washington DC -April 3- Retail food prices at the supermarket increased slightly in the first quarter of 2007, according to the latest American Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey. Read the rest of this entry »

Washington DC -April 2- USDA’s annual spring-planting report indicates that America’s farmers will plant 12.1 million (15 percent) more acres of corn than last year, a total of 90.5 million acres, according to analysis conducted by the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF). Read the rest of this entry »

Washington DC -March 26- South Florida beekeeper David Rukin is the first recipient of a low interest rate, long-term loan from Whole Foods Market (Nasdaq: WFMI), the world’s leading natural and organic foods supermarket, as part of a company-wide initiative supporting local agriculture and food producers. Read the rest of this entry »

Washington DC -March 19 - This week is National Agriculture Week. Following is a transcript of remarks by USDA Secretary Mike Johanns at the FFA’s National Ag Day rally held in Washington DC: Read the rest of this entry »

Washington DC -March 14- Members of Congress, congressional staff, government officials, farmer leaders and hungry jounalists enjoyed a luncheon featuring a wide-variety of tasty soyfoods and beverages at the American Soybean Association’s (ASA) fifth annual Congressional Soyfoods Lunch on Capitol Hill. Read the rest of this entry »

Washington DC -March 6- Soybean producers gathered in Tampa, Fl., last week to review and revise the policy direction of the American Soybean Association (ASA). Read the rest of this entry »