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Farmers offer their thoughts on the 2012 farm bill
WILLMAR — Managing the risk in agriculture is a common refrain when farmers gather to discuss their ideas for the 2012 farm bill.By Ashley White , August 17, 2010
Lugar urges ‘common sense’ in new farm dust rules
INDIANAPOLIS — U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar is urging federal regulators to use “common sense” as they consider tightening rules on the dust kicked up by the nation’s farms.August 12, 2010
USDA on right track after nearly nine decades
WEISER, Idaho — It has taken 89 years for U.S. Department of Agriculture to put teeth in the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921. The agency has proposed new rules to level the playing field for livestock producers and restore some fairness to livestock markets.By Mabel Dobbs , July 27, 2010
House committee: Packers and Stockyards rule went around Congress
WASHINGTON — Members of a House Agriculture subcommittee accused Agriculture Department officials of circumventing congressional intent in writing a proposed rule on the marketing of livestock and poultry on July 20 and urged them to extend a comment period on it.By Jerry Hagstrom , July 27, 2010
Historic financial overhaul signed to law by Obama
WASHINGTON — Reveling over a new milestone in his presidency, a triumphant Barack Obama on Wednesday signed into law the most sweeping overhaul of lending and high-finance rules since the Great Depression, adding safeguards for millions of consumers and aiming to restrain Wall Street excesses that could set off a new recession.By Jim Kuhnhenn , July 22, 2010
Obama signs sweeping financial overhaul into law
WASHINGTON — Reveling in victory, President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed into law the most sweeping reform of financial regulations since the Great Depression, a package that aims to protect consumers and ensure economic stability from Main Street to Wall Street.By Jim Kuhnhenn , July 21, 2010
Wall Street reform bill signed today will limit excessive speculation in agriculture
MINNEAPOLIS – The Wall Street reform bill signed today by President Obama will severely restrict excessive speculation on agriculture commodity futures markets that has harmed U.S. farmers and countries battling hunger, according to the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP).July 21, 2010
House committee approves child nutrition bill
WASHINGTON — House, Senate and White House officials are working together to attempt to find offsets to reauthorize the child nutrition programs before they expire on Sept. 30, a House Democratic leadership aide said July 15 after the House Education and Labor Committee approved the bill. But significant hurdles remain if Congress is to meet that deadline.By Jerry Hagstrom , July 20, 2010
Ag chairman says a system needs to be in place
WASHINGTON — House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, D-Minn., wants Congress to finish the farm bill by late 2011 or early 2012 to make sure the Obama administration implements the bill.By Jerry Hagstrom , July 20, 2010
Ethanol industry scrambles to keep incentives
WASHINGTON — The once-popular ethanol industry is scrambling to hold onto billions of dollars in government subsidies, fighting an increasing public skepticism of the corn-based fuel and wariness from lawmakers who may divert the money to other priorities.By Mary Clare Jalonick , July 16, 2010
Legislation aims to stabilize milk prices
SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. — Forty years ago there were 40 dairy farms in the small town of Rochester, Vt. Now there’s just one.By Lisa Rathke , July 13, 2010
Vilsack proposes crop insurance cuts
WASHINGTON — Will a $4 billion cut in the cost of crop insurance in 10 years be enough for Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to fight off pressures within the Obama administration to make other cuts in USDA programs?By Jerry Hagstrom , June 29, 2010
Senate agriculture chairman has a chance at re-election
WASHINGTON — Senate Agriculture Chairman Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., unexpectedly won a runoff election for the Democratic nomination for re-election on June 10 and may have a better than expected chance at re-election this fall.By Jerry Hagstrom , June 29, 2010
Senate rejects move to block greenhouse gas regs
WASHINGTON — In a boost for the president on global warming, the Senate on Thursday rejected a challenge to Obama administration rules aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and other big polluters.By Jim Abrams , June 10, 2010
Lincoln won with Clinton and anti-union message
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln survived a bruising Democratic runoff thanks to former President Bill Clinton’s starpower and her argument that labor unions were trying to interfere in state politics.
By Andrew DeMillo , June 09, 2010
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