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 -April 13- Consumers and producers continue to search for the best quality food to bring to the dinner table, and the growing niche market for those products is the topic of this week’s WashingtonView Radio Program.

Our guest is Mary Ellen Taylor of Endless Summer Harvest (www.esharvest.com), a hydroponic lettuce and herb producer in northern Virginia which provides consumers and upscale restaurants in Washington DC, high-quality produce grown year-round.

Listen to the program now at WashingtonView Radio

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 5- Farmers, ranchers and others should take the time to schedule a checkup of their water wells and make sure any necessary maintenance is performed as National Ground Water Awareness Week approaches, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) and the National Ground Water Association (NGWA). Read the rest of this entry »

Washington DC - October 19 Fourth-generation family farmer Kevin Paap, president of the Minnesota Farm Bureau, told a congressional panel this week that farmers and ranchers nationwide are employing numerous conservation practices to ensure cleaner, healthier water. Read the rest of this entry »

Washington DC -April 23- “U.S. farmers and ranchers provide much more than the traditional crops we first think of,” says Ralph Grossi, President of American Farmland Trust (AFT). Read the rest of this entry »

Washington DC -April 19- Legislation to update the locks and dams on the upper Mississippi and Illinois rivers is essential for U.S. commerce overall and the agricultural sector in particular, the American Farm Bureau Federation today told Congress. Read the rest of this entry »

Washington DC -April 19- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the Watershed Plan Builder, an interactive, Web-based tool to improve efforts by states and local communities in protecting and restoring local water resources. 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 6- USDA Secretary Mike Johanns today discussed details of several proposed 2007 farm bill changes that will streamline USDA’s Rural Development programs and expand funding for rural health care and community facilities. Read the rest of this entry »

Washington DC -April 3- Eighty-two percent of consumers support mandatory country
of origin labeling of food, according to a poll released today by Food & Water Watch. Read the rest of this entry »