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Monday, 07 May 2012 17:10 |
By Tony Hansen – Outdoor Life – May 4, 2012Late last week, the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee approved a 2012 Farm Bill that cuts some $25 billion from the 2008 bill. That's right -- $25 billion in cuts. Just how much money is spent when you can afford to cut $25 billion from the pot and still deliver a fairly robust package? Um, a whole lot. The entire Farm Bill comes in at nearly a half-trillion dollars over five years, which is roughly two percent of the nation's annual budget. The Farm Bill, as you may or may not know, contains some of the nation's most important fish and game habitat programs in its conservation titles. The Farm Bill is also where you'll find funding for programs such as foods stamps in the nutrition titles. It is a huge, sweeping package. For full blog, click here. |
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Monday, 07 May 2012 17:06 |
Environmental Law Institute
The Consortium of Aquatic Science Societies (ASLO, CERF, SFS, SWS) and the Environmental Law Institute is sponsoring this seminar on Wetlands Restoration and the 2012 Farm Bill which will be held at the Dirksen Senate Office Building 430, HELP Committee Hearing Room in Washington, D.C. from 3:00-4:30 p.m. This seminar will start with a crash course on wetland science, and then turn to a discussion about wetlands restoration in agricultural areas and how the 2012 Farm Bill could impact that restoration. The event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP to
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Friday, 04 May 2012 18:06 |
By David Bennett – Delta Farm Press – April 30, 2012 After a farm bill passed out of the Senate Agriculture Committee on April 26, focus has shifted to the House version. That’s especially true in the South, where agriculture leaders expect the House bill to be friendlier to the region than what will soon hit the Senate floor. “I think it’s pretty telling that four of the five ‘no’ votes on the (Senate Agriculture) Committee were from southern senators,” said Randy Veach, Arkansas Farm Bureau President, the day after the bill’s passage. “That sends a message that this bill does not contain an adequate safety net for southern agriculture.” For full article, click here. For a related Farm Bill article, click here.
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Monday, 23 April 2012 16:45 |
By Keith Good – Farm Policy – April 23, 2012
Farm Bill: Senate Ag Committee Farm Bill Draft. Ag Policy Editor Chris Clayton reported on Friday that, “Farmers will have to choose between a commodity program based on their individual farm or one that factors in countywide yield and income. “Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., on Friday released a 900-page ‘chairman’s mark’ of the farm bill for the full committee to debate or amend. The committee is set to meet on Wednesday to consider the legislation. “The Senate bill is expected to save $23 billion over 10 years compared to the baseline spending on the current farm and food programs. Stabenow’s bill would eliminate direct and counter-cyclical payments, as well as the Average Crop Revenue Election program, or ACRE. Lawmakers were pushing for farm-program changes that would score at least $15 billion in budget savings over 10 years.” |
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Monday, 23 April 2012 16:40 |
Contact: Don Carr – Environmental Working Group – April 20, 2012 Statement of Craig Cox, Senior Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Environmental Working Group, on the Senate Agriculture Committee’s 2012 farm bill. “The 2012 farm bill should do more to support family farmers, protect the environment, promote healthy diets and support working families. Unfortunately, the bill produced today by the Senate Agriculture Committee will do more harm than good. It needlessly sacrifices conservation and feeding assistance programs to finance unlimited insurance subsidies and a new entitlement program for highly profitable farm businesses. Rather than simply ending the widely discredited direct payment program, the Senate Agriculture Committee has created an expensive new entitlement program that guarantees most of the income of farm businesses already enjoying record profits. Replacing direct payments with a revenue guarantee program is a cynical game of bait-and-switch that should be rejected by Congress. For full press release, click here. For the Chairwoman's Summary of the 2012 Farm Bill Committee Print, click here. For the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry’s Farm Bill Issue page, click here. |
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