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NCGA delegates focus on RFS, crop insurance
WASHINGTON, March 3, 2013- Defending the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2) will be the top priority for NCGA in the upcoming year. According to the largest commodity group's votingVilsack to appoint voting members to FSA County Committees to ensure fair representation
WASHINGTON, March 1, 2013 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that he will appoint voting members from socially disadvantaged (SDA) communities to serve on 
Obama set to formalize major across-the-board spending cuts
ORLANDO, Fla., March 1, 2013 - President Obama is expected today to formalize the $85 billion across-the-board cutsSequestration continues to loom as Congress mulls action
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2013 - A major across-the-board cut to all federal government departments, including the Agriculture Department, is becomingVilsack outlines potential sequester impacts on USDA
ORLANDO, Fla., March 1, 2013- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack bemoaned the potential budget cuts to each mission area of the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a result of theVilsack outlines potential sequester impacts on USDA
ORLANDO, Fla., March 1, 2013- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack bemoaned the potential budget cuts to each mission area of the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a result of theConservation groups appeal to Appropriations as sequester approaches
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2013— Several farm and conservation organizations sent a letter to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees today opposing any sequester replacementSoy checkoff optimistic about high oleic soy oil
ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 28, 2013- The key to increasing market demand for soy oil is the commercialization of high oleic soybean oil, according to United Soybean BoardSenators introduce bill to draw attention to agro-defense facility
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2013 - A group of four bipartisan senators today introduced a resolution aimed at highlighting the importanceUSDA announces research to address food security
BROOKINGS, S.D., Feb. 27, 2013—Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan visited South Dakota State University today to announce more than $75 million in grants for researchOp-Ed: Protecting Innovation
By Mark Jackson: Rose Hill, Iowa. Everyone loves an underdog, which is why Indiana farmer Vernon Hugh Bowman received such good press last week.Bayer launches bee health education tour
ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 27, 2013- A national Bee Care Tour will encourage growers, beekeepers and researchers to focus on the myriad of factors causing the decline in honey bee populations, said Robyn Kneen, BayerCharges filed in Chinese honey-laundering scheme
Five individuals and two American honey-processing companies were charged with honey-laundering last weekFSMA implementation vital' to food safety, panelists say
Government oversight of food safety is vital to the produce industry, and full implementation and funding of the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) should helpData analysis, biotech are key in agriculture's future sustainability
ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 27, 2013- Most countries, including those in the European Union, will accept biotechnology food products by the year 2025, said Accenture Senior Director Rich Kottmeyer during Bayer CropScience's 2013 Ag Issues Forum.Moseley: Time to bring truth to the table' on conservation compliance
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, 2013 - Should farmers who receive federal assistance with their crop insurance premiums be required to meet conservation compliance standards?
Bittleman named EPA agricultural counselor
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25, 2013 - Sarah Bittleman will be joining the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to serve as the agency's new senior agricultural counselor, effective today.Economists project top issues for farm budgets in 2013
ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 21, 2013- Drought, economic strains and generational transitions will continue to be hot topics for the agriculture industry in 2013, but the sector still remainsLawmakers hail court ruling on pesticide data, salmon habitat
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2013 - Key U.S. lawmakers hailed a circuit court ruling in the case Dow AgroSciences LLC v. National Marine Fisheries Service as a victory for sound science versus what they described asUSDA announces movement of biotechnology approvals
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2013— U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today announced several biotechnology regulatory actionsSenate responds to foreign food aid cuts
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2013 - Rumors that President Obama's FY 2014 budget will cut the Food for Peace program have been flying for days - and Wednesday,Courts crack down on multi-million dollar crop insurance schemes
RALEIGH, NC. Feb. 20, 2013- Two recent court cases, involving crop insurance adjusters, agents and tobacco farmers, indicate that federal courts are doing more to crack down on sometimes elaborate schemesEconomists project top issues for farm budgets in 2013
ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 21, 2013- Drought, economic strains and generational transitions will continue to be hot topics for the agriculture industry in 2013, but the sector still remains one of
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Congressman Emanuel Cleaver
Congressman Emanuel Cleaver
Both urban and rural interests need to stick together in order for a farm bill to pass in the U.S. House of Representatives says Rep. Emanuel Cleaver in this week's Open Mic. Cleaver, whose congressional district covers both rural and urban parts of Northwest Missouri, is a former Kansas City mayor and the grandson of farmers. He is also past chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus. He hopes to vote for the House farm legislation but explains why he would like to see the final bill look more like the Senate version.
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