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CoBank seeks change
WASHINGTON — CoBank, the largest institution in the farm credit system, is trying to convince Senate conferees on the financial services bill that it should be considered an end user of derivatives when it uses interest rate swaps to manage risk on loans it has made, CoBank CEO Bob Engel said.By Jerry Hagstrom , June 29, 2010
Vilsack clarifies antitrust initiative
WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said June 16 that the Obama administration’s initiative to examine antitrust issues in agriculture will not focus on the Capper-Volstead Act.By Jerry Hagstrom , June 29, 2010
Letter urges end to Cuba travel, export ban
WASHINGTON — House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, D-Minn., said a letter from more than 70 pro-democracy, anti-Castro Cuban leaders urging Congress to pass his bipartisan bill to end the U.S. ban on travel to Cuba and to ease U.S. agricultural exports should convince House members to support the bill.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
House ag chairman wants food stamps’ ties to obesity examined
WASHINGTON — House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, D-Minn., said May 13 that he would not support any increase in funding for the food stamp program unless its possible contributions to obesity are addressed.By Jerry Hagstrom , May 17, 2010
Senators’ letter critical of ‘Know Your Farmer’ program
WASHINGTON — Reacting to a letter from three key Republican senators to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack questioning USDA’s use of rural development money for its “Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food” program, Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan May 10 said she would hold briefings on the program on Capitol Hill within the next two weeks.By Jerry Hagstrom , May 17, 2010
Vilsack: USDA needs to take chances
WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said at a White House clean energy forum May 6 that USDA may have to take bigger chances with its business loan guarantees if it is going to finance energy plants that make a real difference in rural America.By Jerry Hagstrom , May 10, 2010
Peterson: Ag futures protection key
WASHINGTON — House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, D-Minn., said April 27 that reconciling the derivatives section of the Senate financial services reform bill and the House version will be easy, but that he will insist on provisions to reduce the impact of commodity fund purchases of agricultural futures.By Jerry Hagstrom , May 03, 2010
Trade sending mixed signals?
WASHINGTON — A key Republican House member said April 29 that he supports easing food and medicine sales to Cuba and more liberalized travel rules, but that for the United States to make overtures to Cuba without passing the U.S. free trade agreement with Colombia may send questionable geopolitical signals about U.S. priorities.By Jerry Hagstrom , May 03, 2010
Clinton backs Lincoln
WASHINGTON — Former President Clinton on April 28 gave Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., a strong endorsement in the Arkansas Democratic primary and the general election and said he will campaign for her if she asks him.By Jerry Hagstrom , May 03, 2010
Agency poised to set new safety standards for the transportation of food in commerce
SILVER SPRING, Md. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is asking commercial food transporters to follow new guidance the agency is issuing today to reduce the chances of physical, chemical, biological and other risks during transportation of foods while the agency reviews current food safety transportation regulations.April 30, 2010
Reid: Senate will act on climate bill first
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday he is willing to bring up climate change legislation ahead of an immigration bill, a possible first step toward re-solving a dispute with Senate Republicans that threatens to derail a bipartisan effort months in the making.By Matthew Daly , April 28, 2010
Vilsack: Farm bill needs safety net
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will leave the writing of the 2012 farm bill largely up to the congressional Agriculture committees, but thinks it should contain a safety net for farmers as well as provisions to help create better off-farm jobs in rural America, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told the House Agriculture Committee April 21.By Jerry Hagstrom , April 26, 2010
Cooperation needed for conservation
WASHINGTON — An Illinois farmer at President Obama’s White House Conference on the Great Outdoors on April 16 suggested that farmers who get money from the government for conservation purposes should be given incentives to invite nonfarmers, especially children, onto that land.By Jerry Hagstrom , April 26, 2010
Boswell: first farm bill hearing will be in Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa — U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell says he will hold the first House Committee on Agriculture field hearing on the 2012 farm bill in on April 30th at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines.April 23, 2010
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