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Farm Bill Update and Next Steps Thanks for your help earlier this year in pressing Congress for a wildlife-friendly Farm Bill. There were important gains and...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 9, 2008 Contact Julie Sibbing: (202) 797-6832 or (703) 403-4676, sibbing@... Judge orders USDA to halt expanded haying and...
Although we cannot distribute attachments through this listserve, i wanted you to know that we have posted a copy of a 3-page summary of the key conservation...
The President vetoed the Farm Bill Wednesday morning (May 21). The House voted hours later to override the veto on a 316 to 108 vote (a two-thirds vote is...
Negotiators announced late Wednesday that they had reached agreement on a final Farm Bill. An overview of the agreement will be presented by Senator Tom...
Senate and House Farm Bill conferees met again Thursday evening, after more than a week of private meetings designed to hammer out a final agreement on the...
Several news outlets are reporting that negotiators reached a deal Friday on a framework for a new Farm Bill that will allow conferees to complete their work...
Late last week, Congress and the President agreed to extend the current Farm Bill by one week to April 25, to give conferees more time to find an agreement on...
House and Senate conferees on the Farm Bill have been meeting this week to try to reach agreement on a final Farm Bill. Late last Friday (April 11), Senate...
News from the House Agriculture Committee Wednesday, April 9, 2008 House Agriculture Committee Chairman Announces Farm Bill Conferees WASHINGTON, DC -...
Earlier this week, House and Senate agriculture committee leaders released a framework for a Farm Bill that appears to have moved Congress a step closer to...
Before leaving for a two-week recess, Congress passed, and the President signed, an extension of the current Farm Bill through April 18. In signing the...
USDA Proposes Changes to Conservation Reserve Program Haying & Grazing and Nesting Season Provisions The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced this week...
Friday, the USDA gave House and Senate Farm Bill negotiators the Department's list of changes that the White House wants to see in a new Farm Bill before...
Jerry Hagstrom and Chris Clayton, reporting for DTNag.com, reported today that "Democratic Congressional leaders Tuesday agreed to find ways to pay for new...
House and Senate Agriculture Committee leaders are working hard to craft a compromise between the Farm Bills passed by the House and Senate last year....
The Senate announced its Farm Bill conferees and the House may follow soon, as conservation program funding looks to be at risk. On Monday, Agriculture...
Some recent press reports capture where things are at on the Farm Bill: Congressional Quarterly reported Monday that "Senate leaders are zeroing in on a deal...
Hunting, Fishing, Conservation Groups Commend Senate for Passing Farm Bill, Sturdy Conservation Title Coalition applauds funding for Wetlands, Grassland and...
On Friday, December 14, the Senate voted 79-14 to pass a new Farm Bill. After weeks of debate, the only substantial changes made by the Senate to the committee...
In a big disappointment for NWF and the many other conservation, environmental, taxpayer, and sustainable agriculture groups that supported the amendment, the...
Debate has begun on amendments to the Senate Farm Bill. Voting on amendments is expected to start Tuesday afternoon, following debate. We have identified the...
Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Tom Harkin announced Friday morning that an agreement had been reached that will allow debate on the Senate Farm Bill to...
Senate blocks $286B farm bill, likely stalling it until next year Posted on Nov. 16 By MARY CLARE JALONICK of the Associated Press WASHINGTON - The Senate...
The Senate Farm Bill includes several programs that will promote next generation biofuels. One of these, the Biomass Crop Transition Assistance Program, is...
This morning, by a vote of 55-42, the Senate failed to invoke cloture on the Farm Bill. The cloture motion, which required 60 votes, would have allowed debate...
Debate on the Senate Farm Bill slowed this week over a disagreement about which amendments would be allowed to be offered to the bill. The first votes on key...
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