Sen. Thune: Farm bill still seeking food stamp ‘sweet spot’
Category: Policy
(Agri-Pulse) - House and Senate will have their work cut out for them in reconciling their wildly different farm bills, Sen. John Full Story
Category: Policy
(Agri-Pulse) - House and Senate will have their work cut out for them in reconciling their wildly different farm bills, Sen. John Full Story
Category: Policy
(Farm and Dairy) - The U.S. House of Representatives passed the nutrition portion of the former full farm bill, H.R. 3102, the Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act of 2013, by a vote of 217-210 Sept. 19, setting the stage for lawmakers to finally move to a farm bill conference. Full Story
Category: Policy
(Agri-Pulse) - The main focus of the week will likely be more congressional action to avoid another possible shutdown Full Story
Category: Miscellaneous, Policy
(IngredientNews.com) - Mary Kay Thatcher, Senior Director of Congressional Relations with the American Farm Bureau Full Story
(Dairy Herd Network) - In January 2014, the USDA’s National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) will launch Full Story
Category: Policy
Category: Policy
(AgWeek) - It’s a different year but basically the same story. While farm policy is typically one of the most bipartisan pieces of Full Story
Category: Grains, Oilseeds, Policy
Source: AgWeb Full Story
Category: Grains, Oilseeds, Policy
(The Wall Street Journal) - U.S. corn futures erased earlier losses to trade higher Monday morning, after the U.S. Department of Agriculture cut its forecast for the size of the corn harvest this year. In its monthly supply-and-demand report, the USDA forecast U.S. corn output of 13.763 billion bushels this year, which would still be a record but is down from its forecast last month of 13.95 billion bushels. Full Story