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Glimmer of hope in last minute fiscal cliff talks
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28, 2012 - Things are looking up - maybe - a cautiously optimistic President Obama said of fiscal cliff talks inDairy industry group says secretary can delay milk price hike
WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 27, 2012 - The International Dairy Foods Association says that Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has options to avoid or delay the effect of a 1949 law
Jackson to step down as EPA Administrator
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27, 2012- The head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced she is leaving her post after the PresidentAfter decades of epidemic, childhood obesity rates show first dip
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27, 2012 - Obesity rates among low-income, pre-school aged children may finally be falling, researchers fromJackson to step down as EPA Administrator
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27, 2012- The head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced she is leaving her post after the President deliversNGFA spearheads letters to Congress on CRP reform
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27, 2012 - The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) spearheaded a pair of letters to the leaders of the congressional agriculture committees urging that they build uponPotential dock strike threatens U.S. shipping
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 2012 - A looming dock strike could affect East and Gulf coast ports and cost AmericanLeahy warns: Cheese, milk powder filling closets at USDA
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24, 2012 - Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., warned the Senate Friday that milk market chaos will erupt if Congress fails toFDA gives preliminary OK to fast-growing biotech salmon
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, 2012 - The Food and Drug Administration took a big step today toward commercial approval of salmon genetically engineered to grow faster thanUSDA issues final rule for Animal Disease Traceability
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2012-Three years after the initial framework, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a final rule establishing regulations forJudge rebukes environmentalists in Maryland poultry ruling
BALTIMORE, Md., Dec. 20, 2012 -- A U.S. District Court judge today threw out a suit by attorneys representing the Waterkeeper Alliance against a Maryland familyNelson urges House action on farm bill as clock ticks down
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2012 - Even as the chances of a farm bill clearing Congress by the end of the year continued to fade, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) urged the House todayUSDA issues final rule for Animal Disease Traceability
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2012—Three years after the initial framework, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a final rule establishing regulations forFour Democratic freshmen to serve on House Ag Committee
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2012 - House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson, D-Minn., today announced four newLucas announces new leadership team for the Agriculture Committee
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2012- House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., named the five subcommittee chairmenHouse Ag Subcommittee members request financial regulatory coordination
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2012- Members of the House Agriculture Committee from the General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Subcommittee today sent a letter to U.S. financial regulators regardingIndustry leaders tackle future of ag at Chamber of Commerce event
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 2012 - Innovation and trade took center stage at the Business Horizon Series: Agriculture conference today, hosted at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.Cargill CEO Page asks ag sector for innovation: Do more with less'
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 2012 - Cargill President and CEO Gregory Page asked the agricultural industry to do more with less in his keynote speech today at the Business Horizon: Agriculture conference.Leahy now Senate president pro tem, Mikulski will lead Appropriations
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 2012 - Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., was sworn in Tuesday by Vice President Joe Biden as president pro tempore of the United States Senate, putting him thirdStabenow Presses House Leadership to Move Farm Bill
WASHINGTON, DEc. 19, 2012 - Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) today urged the House leadership to include the farm bill in its "final list of things to be done" by the end of the year.Cellulosic biofuels industry releases progress report
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 2012- The Advanced Ethanol Council (AEC) released a progress report today on the development of the cellulosic biofuels industry timed on the five-year anniversary of the signing of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).Vilsack sees shrinking opportunity for a farm bill this year
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 2012- Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said there is a very serious risk we might not get a farm bill this year, during a U.S. Chamber of Commerce forum today.
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Rep. Steve King
Representative Steve King
Congressman Steve King is an outspoken conservative member of the House Agriculture Committee. In this week's Open Mic, the Iowa Republican shares his observations about the farm bill that the committee wrote last week. King put through an egg amendment that may keep states from imposing standards that restrict commerce with other states. He also wants to cut the cost of SNAP and reduce other expenditures as well. King, who is in line to be chairman when the next farm bill comes up in 2018, also discusses how committee membership has changed.
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