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Farm groups offer conflicting views on commodity title
Oklahoma wheat grower Scott Neufeld has long benefited from the certainty and planting flexibility provided by the direct payments that were first offered in the 1996 Freedom to Farm bill. But as Congress moved to discontinue those payments last year,...Tags: Arable Farming, Pat Roberts, Marketing, Science and Technology, Politics
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Meat inspector furloughs due to sequestration 'several' months away
Meat inspectors who will be furloughed under the automatic spending cuts that went into effect last Friday -- known as sequestration -- will continue to work for at least "several" more months. That's according to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack,...
Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Rep. Benishek: Hopeful for deal to avoid sequestration funding cuts but skeptical
Staff WriterPETOSKEY, Mich. — Congress is gearing up for another down-to-the-wire budget crisis this week with mandatory $1.2 trillion cuts to governmental spending set to take effect March 1. But, despite being discouraged, second-term Congressman Dan...Tags: Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC, Washington, DC, Elections, Carl Levin, Government Health Care
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Protect Our Prairies Act creates a nationwide ĀSodsaverĀ provision
Washington, DC - On Feb. 14, Representatives Kristi Noem (R-SD) and Tim Walz (D-MN), along with six additional cosponsors, introduced bipartisan legislation that would protect our nation's remaining native prairies and prime grasslands. The Protect...Tags: Environmental Issues, John Thune, Bob Latta, Natural Resource Industry, Washington, DC
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Meat inspector furlough looms
LAS VEGAS - Sequestration could force the U.S. Department of Agriculture to furlough up to 6,000 meat inspectors for up to two weeks, plunging the meat industry into chaos and raising consumer prices, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said on Feb. 7 in...Tags: Environmental Issues, Tom Vilsack, Renewable Energy, John Boehner, Harry Reid
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As farm safety net battle wages on, will crop insurance need to change?
The new Acting Administrator of USDA's Risk Management Agency (RMA) learned the importance of crop insurance - for both farmers and consumers - at an early age. As a child growing up in rural Utah, Brandon Willis' family raised sheep. But his father...Tags: U.S. Senate, Consumers, Education, Tom Vilsack, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Are direct payments here to stay?
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., has seemingly gone out of his way to assure producers that they can count on receiving direct payments in October. Sign-up for the direct and counter-cyclical payment program (DCP) runs from Feb....Tags: Corporate Crime, National Government, Government, Science and Technology, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Frank Lucas is hopeful to get a 2013 Farm Bill done
Following the opening business meeting of the House Agriculture Committee in the 113th Congress, Committee Chairman Frank Lucas spoke with Radio Oklahoma Network Farm Director Ron Hays. He said budgetary issues are getting the lion's share of attention in...Tags: U.S. Senate, Environmental Issues, Tom Vilsack, National Government, Government
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Rep. Noem discusses Farm Bill at Black Hills Stock Show
RAPID CITY - Livestock disaster and other vital programs for South Dakota agricultural producers are in jeopardy because of the lack of a long-term farm bill. That's according to South Dakota Rep. Kristi Noem who spoke to a crowd of about 100 people...Tags: Weather Reports, Meteorological Disasters, Rodeo, Weather, Politics
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'Dear John...'
There are ways to write a letter and then there are ways to write a letter. One way includes pleasantries, ideas, even artful persuasion. Another features anger, bile and bricks. These differences were on display recently when two members of...Tags: Bernard Sanders, The Wall Street Journal, Politics, Newspaper and Magazine, Fiscal Cliff
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Rep. Vargas tapped for House foreign affairs, agriculture committees
Rep. Juan Vargas, D-Chula Vista, was appointed to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the House Committee on Agriculture earlier this month, according to a press release from his office. He was confirmed to serve on the Foreign Affairs...Tags: Agriculture, Juan Vargas, Science and Technology, Personal Income, U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs
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Rep. Juan Vargas tapped for House foreign affairs and agriculture committees
Rep. Juan Vargas, D-Chula Vista, was appointed to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the House Committee on Agriculture earlier this month, according to a press release from his office. He was confirmed to serve on the Foreign Affairs...
Tags: Agriculture, Juan Vargas, Science and Technology, U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs
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