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Farm bill consideration resumes Wednesday
May 21, 2013 | Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said this evening that the Senate will take up the farm bill about 10:30 a..m. on Wednesday, following an hour of morning business. …
No Kansas City food aid conference this year
May 21, 2013 | In a move that may or may not be related to the Obama administration’s proposal to shift international food aid, the federal government will not hold its International Food and Development Conference in Kansas City this summer, for the first time since it was started during the Clinton administration. …
Chicago Council releases food security report
May 21, 2013 | The Chicago Council on Global Affairs today release a new report that urges the U.S. government to focus its global food security strategy on prioritizing science, increasing trade flows for agriculture and food, and incentivizing greater business activity in low-income countries. …
Futures Industry Association hires Mesa from CFTC
May 21, 2013 | The Futures Industry Association has hired Jacqueline Hamra Mesa as senior vice president and director of international relations and strategy. …
Stabenow hopes to finish farm bill by end of the week
May 21, 2013 | Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., late today thanked senators for their help in bringing amendments to the farm bill to a vote and added that she hopes to finish the bill by the end of the week. ...
Senate rejects Gillibrand bid to eliminate food stamp cut
May 21, 2013 | The Senate has rejected an amendment sponsored by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., to eliminate the food stamp cut in the farm bill using an offset from the crop insurance program. ...
Senate rejects Roberts increase in food stamp cuts
May 21, 2013 | The Senate today rejected a farm bill amendment sponsored by Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., that would have increased the cut in food stamps from $4 billion to $31 billion. …
Senators file farm bill amendments
May 21, 2013 | The following amendments were filed on the farm bill (S. 954) as of Monday night, The Hagstrom Report has learned. The Senate is expected to take up the farm bill at about 11 a.m. today. …
Senate to begin farm bill debate at 3 p.m. today
May 20, 2013 | The Senate is scheduled to begin consideration of the 2013 farm bill — S. 954 — at 3 p.m. today for a period of two hours, according to a floor schedule released by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. …
CBO releases updated Senate farm bill score
May 20, 2013 | The Congressional Budget Office has released an updated score for the cost of the Senate version of the farm bill over 10 years, from 2014 to 2023. …
Stabenow explains rice, peanut, cotton programs in trip to Delta Council meeting in Mississippi
May 20, 2013 | Senate Agriculture Committee ranking Chairman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., traveled to Mississippi on Friday and personally explained the new and rice, peanut and cotton programs in what amounted to a bow to Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., the new ranking member on the committee, and to the need for southern support to get the farm bill enacted this year. …
Vilsack comments on farm bill action
May 20, 2013 | In what could be a signal of the Obama administration’s position on cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, better known as SNAP or food stamps, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Friday that he was “deeply concerned” about the $20 billion cut to SNAP in the House farm bill but did not comment on the $4 billion cut in the Senate bill. …
National Grain and Feed asks for futures customer protection
May 20, 2013 | On the eve of the first House Agriculture Committee hearing on reauthorization of the Commodity Futures Trading Association, the National Grain and Feed Association announced today that it is asking Congress for enhanced protection for futures market customers. ,,,
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. ..
