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Urgent push
Farmers need greater urgency in pressing for a new farm bill, according to a prominent agricultural journalist.
Monday, September, 17, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Farmers need greater urgency in pressing for a new farm bill, according to a prominent agricultural journalist.
Monday, September, 17, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Lingering effects
We recently read an interesting perspective on the drought from someone actively engaged in raising corn.
Monday, September, 17, 2012 - Agweek - News
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We recently read an interesting perspective on the drought from someone actively engaged in raising corn.
Monday, September, 17, 2012 - Agweek - News
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House members sign discharge petition to move farm bill to the floor
WASHINGTON — Thirty-nine House members including Republican Reps. Rick Berg of North Dakota, Kristi Noem of South Dakota and Dennis Rehberg of Montana signed the discharge petition to move the farm bill to the House floor on Sept. 13, only hours after Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, moved it.
Friday, September, 14, 2012 - Agweek - News
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WASHINGTON — Thirty-nine House members including Republican Reps. Rick Berg of North Dakota, Kristi Noem of South Dakota and Dennis Rehberg of Montana signed the discharge petition to move the farm bill to the House floor on Sept. 13, only hours after Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, moved it.
Friday, September, 14, 2012 - Agweek - News
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House passes CR
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives on Sept. 14 passed a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government for six months that will fund most U.S. Department of Agriculture programs but limit enrollments in conservation programs.
Friday, September, 14, 2012 - Agweek - News
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WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives on Sept. 14 passed a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government for six months that will fund most U.S. Department of Agriculture programs but limit enrollments in conservation programs.
Friday, September, 14, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Vilsack speaks at DNC
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told delegates to the Democratic convention on Sept. 5 that President Obama has done a lot to help farmers and rural America, but that there is more to do in a second term.
Monday, September, 10, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told delegates to the Democratic convention on Sept. 5 that President Obama has done a lot to help farmers and rural America, but that there is more to do in a second term.
Monday, September, 10, 2012 - Agweek - News
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U.S.-Mexico sugar markets
Barbara Fecso, the U.S. Department of Agriculture economist who helps manage the country’s sugar program, is also a runner who uses her daily trips around the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to observe other people.
Monday, August, 20, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Barbara Fecso, the U.S. Department of Agriculture economist who helps manage the country’s sugar program, is also a runner who uses her daily trips around the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to observe other people.
Monday, August, 20, 2012 - Agweek - News
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House passes disaster assistance
After a week in which the House Republican leadership pulled an unpopular bill that would have extended the 2008 farm bill for a year, the House on Aug. 2 passed a farm disaster bill intended mostly to signal that legislators understand the problems of livestock producers in the drought.
Thursday, August, 02, 2012 - Agweek - News
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After a week in which the House Republican leadership pulled an unpopular bill that would have extended the 2008 farm bill for a year, the House on Aug. 2 passed a farm disaster bill intended mostly to signal that legislators understand the problems of livestock producers in the drought.
Thursday, August, 02, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Agweek's Hagstrom to speak at Big Iron
Jerry Hagstrom, Washington, D.C., correspondent for Agweek, will be a featured speaker in the Red River Farm Network 2012 Big Iron Seminar.
Tuesday, July, 31, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Jerry Hagstrom, Washington, D.C., correspondent for Agweek, will be a featured speaker in the Red River Farm Network 2012 Big Iron Seminar.
Tuesday, July, 31, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Rain helpful but spotty
The National Agricultural Statistics Service on July 22 confirmed what most farmers in the region can see up-close — it’s dry. Crop conditions in the last official report didn’t include rains that came to some of the region on July 25.
Monday, July, 30, 2012 - Agweek - News
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The National Agricultural Statistics Service on July 22 confirmed what most farmers in the region can see up-close — it’s dry. Crop conditions in the last official report didn’t include rains that came to some of the region on July 25.
Monday, July, 30, 2012 - Agweek - News
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House considers one-year farm bill extension
A new scenario for passing a farm bill this year has emerged under which the House would this week pass a one-year extension of the 2008 farm bill that would include livestock and fruit and vegetable disaster aid, and that bill would be combined with the Senate-passed farm bill in September.
Friday, July, 27, 2012 - Agweek - News
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A new scenario for passing a farm bill this year has emerged under which the House would this week pass a one-year extension of the 2008 farm bill that would include livestock and fruit and vegetable disaster aid, and that bill would be combined with the Senate-passed farm bill in September.
Friday, July, 27, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Dream big
I wonder what the creators of “The Jetsons” would have thought about Skype or FaceTime on iPhones, or any number of other video chat services now available.
Monday, July, 23, 2012 - Agweek - Opinion
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I wonder what the creators of “The Jetsons” would have thought about Skype or FaceTime on iPhones, or any number of other video chat services now available.
Monday, July, 23, 2012 - Agweek - Opinion
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National drought, heat loom large
The national agriculture drought and the specter of hot, dry conditions during corn pollination are looming large for farmers Agweek visited on July 17 and 18, in a swing that went from Fargo, N.D., to Rugby, N.D.
Monday, July, 23, 2012 - Agweek - News
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The national agriculture drought and the specter of hot, dry conditions during corn pollination are looming large for farmers Agweek visited on July 17 and 18, in a swing that went from Fargo, N.D., to Rugby, N.D.
Monday, July, 23, 2012 - Agweek - News
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House urged to act on farm bill
Citing the drought, many farm groups and House members including House Agriculture Committee ranking member Collin Peterson, D-Minn., and Rep. Kristi Noem, R-S.D., are putting pressure on the House Republican leadership to bring the farm bill to the House floor in the next two weeks, but so far House Republican leaders have made no decision about advancing the legislation.
Friday, July, 20, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Citing the drought, many farm groups and House members including House Agriculture Committee ranking member Collin Peterson, D-Minn., and Rep. Kristi Noem, R-S.D., are putting pressure on the House Republican leadership to bring the farm bill to the House floor in the next two weeks, but so far House Republican leaders have made no decision about advancing the legislation.
Friday, July, 20, 2012 - Agweek - News
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House Ag Committee approves farm bill
“I’m just overjoyed the bill is done in committee at this moment,” House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., told reporters in the early morning hours of July 12 after the committee approved the farm bill on a roll call vote of 35 to 11.
Thursday, July, 12, 2012 - Agweek - News
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“I’m just overjoyed the bill is done in committee at this moment,” House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., told reporters in the early morning hours of July 12 after the committee approved the farm bill on a roll call vote of 35 to 11.
Thursday, July, 12, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Changing nutrition program benefits
A year after the potato industry convinced Congress to pass a law that the Agriculture Department could not limit the amount of white potatoes children are served in school meals, members of Congress are once again pushing USDA to buy more of the starchy vegetable for children.
Monday, July, 09, 2012 - Agweek - News
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A year after the potato industry convinced Congress to pass a law that the Agriculture Department could not limit the amount of white potatoes children are served in school meals, members of Congress are once again pushing USDA to buy more of the starchy vegetable for children.
Monday, July, 09, 2012 - Agweek - News
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House Ag Committee releases its farm bill
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., and ranking member Collin Peterson, D-Minn., on July 5 introduced a farm bill proposal that garnered predictable reactions from farm and nutrition groups.
Monday, July, 09, 2012 - Agweek - News
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House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., and ranking member Collin Peterson, D-Minn., on July 5 introduced a farm bill proposal that garnered predictable reactions from farm and nutrition groups.
Monday, July, 09, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Senate passes farm bill
WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a new farm bill on June 21, putting pressure on the House to pass a bill before the 2008 farm bill expires on Sept. 30.
Thursday, June, 21, 2012 - Agweek - News
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WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a new farm bill on June 21, putting pressure on the House to pass a bill before the 2008 farm bill expires on Sept. 30.
Thursday, June, 21, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Crop insurance under fire
WASHINGTON — The American Association of Crop Insurers and the Crop Insurance and Reinsurance Bureau are urging the Senate to reject all the amendments that would change the crop insurance section of the farm bill, but reform coalitions are urging the senators to consider passing them. The groups, which represent crop insurance agents and companies, issued the statement recently.
Monday, June, 18, 2012 - Agweek - News
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WASHINGTON — The American Association of Crop Insurers and the Crop Insurance and Reinsurance Bureau are urging the Senate to reject all the amendments that would change the crop insurance section of the farm bill, but reform coalitions are urging the senators to consider passing them. The groups, which represent crop insurance agents and companies, issued the statement recently.
Monday, June, 18, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Farm bill stalled
WASHINGTON — With the farm bill stalled on the Senate floor, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad, D-N.D., Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., and Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., on June 14 introduced an amendment to raise target prices and continue countercylical payments for the next five years that may be the key to get the farm bill through the Senate.
Friday, June, 15, 2012 - Agweek - News
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WASHINGTON — With the farm bill stalled on the Senate floor, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad, D-N.D., Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., and Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., on June 14 introduced an amendment to raise target prices and continue countercylical payments for the next five years that may be the key to get the farm bill through the Senate.
Friday, June, 15, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Senate rejects amendment to end sugar program
WASHINGTON — The Senate on June 13 debated and rejected an amendment sponsored by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and others to end the sugar program.
Thursday, June, 14, 2012 - Agweek - News
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WASHINGTON — The Senate on June 13 debated and rejected an amendment sponsored by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and others to end the sugar program.
Thursday, June, 14, 2012 - Agweek - News
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