Shutdown Harms Farmers as Farm Bill Expires
The ongoing shutdown of the federal government is beginning to take a toll on the nation’s farm sector, some agricultural advocacy groups are reporting, at the same time that they…
Doubts on House Immigration Bill
Despite widespread popular support for immigration reform, there are some lingering doubts that the House of Representatives is willing or able to pass the Senate immigration bill. Immigration reform has…
Boehner Under Pressure
Speaker of the House John Boehner is under increasing pressure from agricultural advocacy groups to bring the 2013 Farm Bill back to the floor for another vote. After more than…
House Pledges to Block Senate Immigration Bill
In a move sure to enrage farm advocacy groups, the House of Representatives has promised to block the Senate’s recently passed immigration reform bill. For the past several years, immigration…
Congress Leaves without New Farm Bill
The House of Representatives has left Washington, D.C. without passing a new farm bill, leaving farmers frustrated with the snail’s pace style of farm legislation that is becoming the new…
Waning Farm Influence Has National Reverberations
The repeated defeats of five-year farm bills over the course of the last year is serving to highlight to many politicians in Washington the weakened position of the agricultural community…
Rural Representatives Lobbying for Farm Bill
Rural representatives in the House are aggressively lobbying their colleagues, hoping to build bipartisan support for the floundering farm bill. For the last year, the farm bill has been stalled…
House to Block Senate Immigration Bill
The House of Representatives will likely block the Senate’s proposed immigration reform bill, political insiders report, leaving many farmers across the country facing higher labor costs and decreased production. For…
House Ag Committee Passes Farm Bill Draft
The House Agriculture Committee, as part of a broad congressional commitment to passing a new five-year farm bill this legislative session, recently passed a draft of the vital farm legislation,…
Ohio Farmers Meet Representatives
A gathering of Ohio farmers recently traveled to Washington to meet with various state representatives and discuss the 2013 Farm Bill and other vital farm legislation. For Ohio farmers, the…
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