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Water Resources Development Bill Passes Senate
The Senate passed the Water Resources Development Act by a vote of 81-12...
Ag Tax Package Proposed For Farm Bill
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) outlined his goals this week for the Senate Finance Committee to provide $8-10 billion for farm bill programs...
Payment Limitations Discussed In U.S. Senate
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), chairman of the Senate Ag Committee, has proposed a limit of $250,000/farm household on commodity payments. Under the proposal, payment limitations would be restricted...
Livestock Competition Provisions Pushed For Farm Bill
The National Farmers Union and other organizations are urging the Senate Ag Committee to include a "strong" livestock competition title in the farm bill...
Let The Games Begin
It's a high stakes game of chicken between the Bush Administration and Congress, says ag-labor consultant James S. Holt, and employers are the ones who...
TB funds
USDA has kicked in an additional $35 million in emergency funding for the bovine tuberculosis (TB) eradication program. This is in addition to $2 million...
Canada testing regs
Effective Aug. 22, tuberculosis (TB) and brucellosis testing requirements for feeder cattle going to Canada have been eliminated, USDA's Animal and Plant...
Sign-Up Dates For New Disaster Programs Loom
USDA has announced sign-up dates for the new Livestock Compensation Program (LCP), Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP), and Crop Disaster Program (CDP)...
UK Drawing Up Livestock Plans For Global Warming
In the U.S., the discussion on climate change has been slow in developing. But in Europe, where the topic of climate change is everyday conversation, the United Kingdom's (UK) ag community is laying out an action plan....
Organizations Voice Opposition To Increased RFS
Various organizations and companies sent a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) urging her to oppose any effort to increase the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) for ethanol...
USDA To Unveil NAIS "Business Plan" This Fall
USDA's effort to register America's livestock premises is "picking up momentum," says Bruce Knight, USDA Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs. As of Aug. 20...
No New ID Funding In House Appropriations Bill
The House of Representatives passed its fiscal year 2008 ag appropriations bill prior to leaving for its summer recess. The bill includes $18.817 billion in discretionary spending, which is $1.002 billion more than last year's bill. ...
Ag competition bill introduced
Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Herb Kohl (D-WI), and John Thune (R-SD) introduced legislation on agricultural competition. The measure would coordinate...
New facility dedicated
USDA dedicated a new, $85-million, high-containment, large-animal facility in Ames, IA, last month. The facility combines several research facilities...
Support U.S. beef
Taking advantage of the patriotism surrounding the July 4 holiday, A&W restaurants launched Moove to American, a marketing campaign to promote consumption...
TPA expires
Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), which gives the president the ability to negotiate trade agreements with a straight up-or-down vote by Congress, expired...
Canada feed regs
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced that bovine specified risk material (SRM) will be banned from all animal feed, pet food and fertilizer,...
EPA Web site
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched a new Web site for producers. It contains a search tool for finding federal regulations that may apply...
Downer rule is permanent
USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) permanently banned the slaughter of downer cattle (animals unable to stand or walk when presented for...
Bye, bye, birdie
The bald eagle was removed from the list of threatened and endangered species at a Washington, D.C. ceremony in July. With 9,789 breeding pairs in the...
The COOL Compromise Is Typical Of The Beltway
After years of delaying the implementation of mandatory country-of-origin labeling (COOL) because of the problems associated with the law, it had come down to crunch time. ...
Administration Threatens To Veto The Farm Bill
The administration this week threatened to veto the House Ag Committee's passed farm bill, saying it doesn't provide enough reform of the commodities title and needs to lower payment limitations....
Animal Rights Activities Still A Concern
Animal rights activists are completely committed to putting you out of business, says Kay Johnson, and they are working on many fronts to achieve their goal. ...
Farm Bill Moves Forward In The House
The House Ag Committee's passed farm bill was to be considered by the full House at the end of this week. The budget has been a driving force during the farm bill debate. ...
COOL comment period reopens
USDA has reopened the comment period for 60 days for the proposed rule for mandatory country-of-origin labeling (COOL) for beef, lamb, pork, perishable...
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