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Goodlatte, UFW disagree on guest worker proposal
May 17, 2013 | House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., promoted his farm guest worker reform proposal at a hearing Thursday while United Farm Workers President Arturo Rodriguez said it “bears much closer resemblance to the horrific [1942-1964] bracero guest worker program than it does to the immigration changes” needed in the 21st century. …
Renewable Fuels Association hires communications director
May 17, 2013 | The Renewable Fuels Association has hired Dawn Schueller Moore as its new communications director. …
Stabenow sees swift floor action on farm bill in Senate
May 16, 2013 | Senate Agriculture Committee Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said today she believes the Senate will consider the farm bill next week, but that final votes on the bill might take place after Memorial Day. …
Stabenow: King amendment in House shows need for national egg standard
May 16, 2013 | The House Agriculture Committee’s approval late Wednesday of an amendment that would make it illegal for states to ban the sale of foods produced in other states because that state considers the production standards unacceptable shows the need for a national standard on the cages of egg-laying hens, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said today. …
Hagstrom analysis of House Ag markup now available
May 16, 2013 | Jerry Hagstrom’s analysis of the House Agriculture Committee markup of the farm bill that appears in the National Journal Daily today is now available online. …
Lucas, Peterson look forward to June floor consideration of farm bill
May 16, 2013 | House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., said after his committee’s final passage of the 2013 farm bill late Wednesday that he has received personal assurances from House Republican leaders that they will bring up the bill on the floor in June. …
House Ag Committee approves farm bill 36-10
May 15, 2013 | The House Agriculture Committee late today approved the 2013 farm bill by a vote of 36 to 10. ...
House Ag votes to repeal USDA catfish inspection
May 15, 2013 | In a defeat for southern agriculture, the House Agriculture Committee tonight voted to repeal the provision in the 2008 farm bill to move inspection of catfish from the Food and Drug Administration to the Agriculture Department. …
House Ag passes animal fighting spectators amendment, natural stone checkoff
May 15, 2013 | The House Agriculture Committee has passed an amendment that would make it a federal offense to attend an animal-fighting venture or cause a minor to attend the event. …
House Ag passes King interstate commerce amendment
May 15, 2013 | The House Agriculture Committee has passed by voice vote an amendment that would make it illegal for a state to restrict sales of products based on production standards. ...
House Ag OKs repeal of GIPSA direction
May 15, 2013 | The House Agriculture Committee has approved an amendment that repeals the section of the 2008 farm bill that directed the Agriculture Department's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration to address practices by meatpackers and poultry companies that farmers and ranchers said were hurting them. …
House Ag approves organic checkoff bill
May 15, 2013 | In a major victory for the organic food industry, the House Agriculture Committee approved a bill to allow the Agriculture Department to develop a process to establish an organic checkoff for promotion. …
Senate to take up farm bill Monday
May 15, 2013 | Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., this afternoon introduced a motion to proceed on the farm bill and the Senate has reached agreement to proceed to the bill on Monday, a knowledgeable source has told The Hagstrom Report. …
House Ag closes nutrition title after rejecting McGovern, Neugebauer and other amendments
May 15, 2013 | The House Agriculture Committee has closed the nutrition title of the farm bill — the biggest title in spending and, along with the commodity title one of the most important — and taken a break until 6:30 p.m. for a Republican conference, floor votes and dinner. …
House Ag commodity title closed, underlying dairy title wins
May 15, 2013 | House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., has closed Title I, the commodity title of the farm bill, after a vote on the dairy program. ,,,
House Ag passes en bloc amendment, Lucas announces schedule
May 15, 2013 | The House Agriculture Committee has passed the en bloc amendment on the farm bill by unanimous voice vote. ..
House markup may be divided into two sessions
May 14, 2013 | The House Agriculture Committee markup on the farm bill is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. on Wednesday. …
Senate farm bill gets number, is introduced
May 14, 2013 | The Senate version of the farm bill, formally titled the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013, was officially introduced on the Senate floor late today as S.954, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., announced late today. …
U.S. Cattlemen praise withdrawal of COOL amendment
May 14, 2013 | The U.S. Cattlemen’s Association said late Tuesday that it was pleased Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., had withdrawn his amendment to the farm bill to eliminate country-of-origin labeling for livestock and poultry. …
What to watch for in the farm bill
May 14, 2013 | The National Journal has published a graphic on five issues to watch in the House and Senate farm bill markups. …
Vilsack announces new crop insurance options for organic
May 14, 2013 | Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that new crop insurance pricing options will be available to organic producers who grow crops under guaranteed contracts beginning with the 2014 crop year. …
Stabenow: Senate to proceed on farm bill next week
May 14, 2013 | The full Senate will take up the farm bill next week, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., just told the Organic Trade Association. ...
Senate Ag passes farm bill without nutrition and commodity title amendments
May 14, 2013 | The Senate Agriculture Committee passed the farm bill today after rejecting amendments to nutrition and commodity title programs. ...
Senate Ag approves farm bill, 15-5
May 14, 2013 | The Senate Agriculture Committee has approved the farm bill by a vote of 15 to 5. Senators Roberts, McConnell, Johanns, Thune and Gillibrand voted no. …
Senate Ag approves en bloc amendments, votes ‘no’ on Hoeven measures
May 14, 2013 | The Senate Agriculture Committee has approved by unanimous voice vote the en bloc chairman’s amendment that includes two key provisions.One is the agreement between farm groups and conservation groups on conservation compliance and the crop insurance program. …
CBO posts budget estimates for two farm bills
May 13, 2013 | The Congressional Budget Office has posted the budget estimates of the draft legislation of the Senate and House farm bills that are to be considered this week. …
Heitkamp: Farm bill may be on Senate floor next week
May 13, 2013 | Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., said today that the farm bill, which the Senate Agriculture Committee is scheduled to mark up on Tuesday, is likely to be on the Senate floor next week. …
Congress seems full-speed-ahead on the farm bill
May 13, 2013 | Congress seems to be set to act on the farm bill now because the Senate and the House want to move ahead with other more politically interesting legislation, Jerry Hagstrom writes in his National Journal Daily column published today. …
RMA disputes House Ag characterization of cotton insurance implementation plan
May 13, 2013 | In the first sign of differences between the Obama administration and Capitol Hill over the farm bill, a spokesman for the Agriculture Department’s Risk Management Agency has questioned the House Agriculture Committee staff’s use of RMA statements to justify the inclusion of additional payments to cotton farmers. …
Rural Coalition, others organize letter to ag committees
May 13, 2013 | More than 130 groups representing smaller and minority farmers have sent leaders of the House and Senate Agriculture committees a letter urging them to support programs of interest to their members. …
Sugar grower-financed study shows candy industry thriving
May 13, 2013 | Candy companies have been thriving and adding jobs even while they have lobbied Congress that sugar prices have caused them economic difficulties, according to a study by a University of Maryland finance professor that the American Sugar Alliance released today on the eve of Senate and House Agriculture committee consideration of reauthorization of the sugar program. …
White House ag press secretary furloughed
May 13, 2013 | Reporters who tried to email Shin Inouye, the White House press secretary who handles agriculture and rural America issues, today got an automatic reply that had been furloughed. …
No surprises in reaction to Supreme Court biotech ruling
May 13, 2013 | A Supreme Court decision today backing Monsanto in the case of Bowman v. Monsanto and an Agriculture Department decision last week that USDA would require environmental impact statements for certain biotech products seeking approvals have received predictable reactions from agriculture and environmental groups. …
