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Senate farm bill not a sure thing

WASHINGTON — Forty-five senators and a wide range of national farm and commodity groups have urged Senate leaders to bring the farm bill that passed the Senate Agriculture Committee on April 26 to the floor, but most southern senators and rice and peanut growers remain opposed to the bill. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., and ranking member Collin Peterson, D-Minn., have said they will take a different approach.

By Jerry Hagstrom , May 21, 2012

Senate votes to end millionaire farm subsidies

WASHINGTON — Unable to agree on whether millionaires should be taxed more, Democrats and Republicans are in rare accord on one issue: Growers with million-dollar incomes shouldn't reap farm subsidies.

By Mary Clare Jalonick , October 21, 2011

Goehring says EPA should rethink fuel storage rules

BISMARCK, N.D. -- Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says the new deadline for some farmers and ranchers to meet the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) regulations is welcome, but does not address core problems with the rules.

October 21, 2011

Congress pushes for farm program fixes

WASHINGTON — The pressure is mounting in the nation’s capital to rewrite at least part of the farm bill this year as Congress considers a huge piece of legislation to create jobs and reduce the deficit.

By Jerry Hagstrom , September 27, 2011

Lucas: Cuts to nutrition program unlikely

WASHINGTON — House Agriculture Committee chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., said on Sept. 12 that he does not expect the 12-member congressional

By Jerry Hagstrom , September 19, 2011

Nation's food anti-terror plans costly, unwieldy

Nation's food anti-terror plans costly, unwieldy SAN FRANCISCO — One of the deepest fears sweeping a shattered nation following the Sept. 11 attacks was that terrorists might poison the country's food. Hoping to ease people's anxieties about what they were eating, President George W. Bush vowed to draw a protective shield around the food supply and defend it from farm to fork.

By Garance Burke , September 13, 2011

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Dairy program fits producers’ needs

ARLINGTON, Va. — The new legislative draft of National Milk Producers Federation’s Foundation for the Future program adheres closely to two key principles: that it be national in scope and apply equally to all producers. Those key objectives were established two years ago when NMPF chairman Randy Mooney, a dairy farmer from Rogersville, Mo., formed a task force to examine how best to improve dairy policy.

By Jerry Kozak , September 05, 2011

Chance to fix dairy industry is now

WASHINGTON — It has been nearly three years since the combination of declining milk prices and escalating input costs devastated the dairy industry. Many producers were forced out of business while others barely managed to survive.

By Collin C. Peterson , September 05, 2011

UPDATE: Measure to restrict ND farming regulation ready

BISMARCK, N.D. — Supporters of a proposed constitutional amendment that would restrict regulation of North Dakota farming and ranching may begin gathering the 27,000 signatures they need on petitions to put the idea on the ballot, Secretary of State Al Jaeger said Tuesday.

By Dale Wetzel , August 17, 2011

GIPSA hearings incomplete

WASHINGTON — In light of the recent hearings held on the Hill in Washington, the U.S. Cattlemen’s Association would like to address a few points that repeatedly were left out of the discussion.

By Allen Sents , August 16, 2011

Peterson backs ‘Gang of Six’ proposal

WASHINGTON — As President Obama and congressional leaders continued to search for common ground to achieve a budget deal and raise the federal debt ceiling by Aug. 2, House Agriculture Committee ranking member Collin Peterson, D-Minn., July 20 endorsed the Gang of Six senators’ budget proposal and said he has instructed his staff to begin researching a farm bill with the $11 billion in cuts that the proposal would involve.

By Jerry Hagstrom , July 26, 2011

Peterson’s dairy plan likely not part of debt ceiling bill

WASHINGTON — House Agriculture Committee ranking member Collin Peterson, D-Minn., said July 21 he is not planning to try to add his dairy reform proposal to the bill to lift the debt ceiling and curb the federal debt.

By Jerry Hagstrom , July 26, 2011

MDA announces new resources to help root out problem weeds in Minnesota

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is rooting out weeds in the state with the help of updates to Minnesota law. New lists and categories of noxious weeds have been developed by the department with the help of a new advisory committee. These changes will be enforced starting with the 2011 growing season. Prohibited noxious weeds must be controlled or eradicated on all lands in Minnesota.

May 12, 2011

Conrad readies strategy for next farm bill

BISMARCK – Senator Kent Conrad convened a meeting today of his North Dakota Agriculture Advisory Committee to continue to lay out priorities for the 2012 Farm Bill. Senator Conrad — a senior member of the Agriculture Committee – noted that the current Farm Bill is widely viewed as a significant success for the state.

April 20, 2011

ND Senate considers lower potash tax

BISMARCK, N.D. — Potash might soon be mined in North Dakota, and state lawmakers are considering how to tax it.

April 05, 2011

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