Hello FarmingforWildlife_USA group members: Well, we have the initial nucleus of group members now signed-up to participate in discussions about the benefits...
Hi everyone, I just thought that I'd introduce myself and get the ball rolling in this group and start talking about what's going on with the Farm Bill. I am...
FYI-Please see below. This is still a draft for discussion purposes. Perhaps it can spur some comments.(?) Wayne A. Edgerton DNR Agricultural Policy...
Wayne Edgerton
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Apr 6, 2006 10:15 pm
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Grand Forks Herald Sunday, Feb. 26, 2006 OUR OPINION: Forecasting the Farm Bill's fate Tourism and manufacturing count. But farming still drives the tractor of...
Hello Wayne: Thanks for passing these draft recommendations alongs. Not knowing all the specifics of the MN situation, this looks like a fairly solid set of...
Ben-The CSP, if fully funded as an entitlement program has tremendous potential in Minnesota, and across the nation. It is the first "green payment" that pays...
Wayne Edgerton
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Apr 13, 2006 4:05 pm
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Hi Wayne: It sounds like the program may have a lot of potential there. Could you give our group some examples of how you see funds being spent, and what...
Good or challenging for wildlife? Article published Apr 10, 2006 Wind energy projects dot horizon By SONJA LEE Great Falls Tribune Staff Writer On the heels of...
Ben-First a little background on what is happening in Minnesota. About 77% of Minnesota is private lands. Much of the public lands are in the northern...
Wayne Edgerton
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Apr 17, 2006 4:06 pm
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News from the House Agriculture Committee http://agriculture.house.gov FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: May 8, 2006 Alise Kowalski (202) 225-0184 CHAIRMAN...
The Wetlands Reserve Program is one of the most successful and popular of the Farm Bill conservation programs. At least three times as many farmers are...
Below is a chart of the vote results on yesterday's vote to restore WRP funding. We lost 185-235. As you will see, it certainly was not a partisan issue! At...
Brasher: Use of CRP land for ethanol scares wildlife groups PHILIP BRASHER WASHINGTON FARM REPORT June 25, 2006 America's thirst for alternative motor fuels...
Great Falls Tribune, Montana Originally published August 18, 2006 Alternative energy grabs 2007 Farm Bill spotlight By JO DEE BLACK Tribune Staff writer Wet...
Ag bill divides House candidates By JIM GRANSBERY of the Billings Gazette When 2007 rolls around, Congress faces the task of producing a new farm bill that...
USDA won't say if it will ease land reserve exits Mon Dec 4, 2006 By Charles Abbott WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Agriculture Department declined to say on...
Senate Democratic and Republican party leaders have announced which members will serve on the Senate Agriculture Committee in the next Congress, which convenes...
Duane - do you have the members of the House Ag committee yet? What is your contact information? Steven G. Sorensen, President Kansas Wildlife Federation 9...
House Agriculture Committee staff tell us that other than the new Chair, Rep. Collin Peterson from Minnesota, and the new Ranking Republican, Rep. Bob...
Steve, I'll put a note up on the Farming for Wildlife site, but we were told the House Committee appointments won't be made until January. I am assuming most...
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (D-MN) released the full membership of the committee January 11. The House Democratic Steering Committee...
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (D-MN) has announced the freshmen Democrats who were nominated to serve on the House Agriculture Committee...
On January 18, the US House of Representatives passed HR 6, the Clean Energy Act of 2007, which would roll back oil and gas industry tax breaks and adjust...
The National Wildlife Federation, Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, and Izaak Walton League of America jointly released a report January 17 analyzing the...
The House Agriculture Committee has announced which members will be Subcommittee Chairs, and who will serve on those subcommittees for the new Congress, after...
From E and E news AGRICULTURE: Peterson rethinks his plans for biomass fuels research Allison Winter, E&E Daily reporter House Agriculture Committee Chairman...
Monday, February 5, 2007 AGRICULTURE: USDA wants to halt sign-ups for land conservation programs E&E Publishing Story Tools a.. Email this Story b.. Print this...
On January 31, Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns released the Bush Administration's proposal for the 2007 Farm Bill. The length and breadth of the...
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WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson (D-MN) and Ranking Member Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) testified before the House Budget Committee...