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Crop Insurance Administrative Policy Changes

January 30, 2013 | Agriculture

Several administrative changes could be implemented to reduce taxpayer costs and limit the unintended consequences of federal crop insurance. ... Read More

Golden Fleece Awarded to Risk Management Agency for Risking Taxpayer Dollars

December 13, 2012 | Agriculture

Golden Fleece Awarded to Risk Management Agency for Risking Taxpayer Dollars Taxpayers for Common Sense awarded the Golden Fleece to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency for wasting taxpayer funds on risk management education for crops ranging from Christmas trees to turf grass.... Read More

Political Power of the Agribusiness and Crop Insurance Lobbies

October 31, 2012 | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

Political Power of the Agribusiness and Crop Insurance Lobbies The so-called Farm Bill currently being negotiated in Congress is shaping up to be another taxpayer-funded handout to wealthy landowners,... Read More

Haves and Have-Nots in Federal Crop Insurance

October 31, 2012 | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

Federally subsidized crop insurance has become the largest taxpayer support for agriculture. But not all parts of the agriculture... Read More

Farm Bill 101

October 02, 2012 | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

Farm Bill 101 The Farm Bill is a massive piece of legislation that guides food and farm policy. It covers wide-ranging topics from rural broadband service to farm subsidy payments.... Read More

Agricultural Safety Net 101

October 02, 2012 | Agriculture

The agricultural safety net refers to the various federal programs and policies that insulate agricultural producers from the costs of conducting business.... Read More

Green Scissors Campaign 101

Green Scissors Campaign 101 A basic primer on the Green Scissors campaign and answers general questions about the history and goals of the coalition.... Read More

Sliding Past Sequestration: $2 Trillion in Common Sense Cuts to Avoid the Fiscal Cliff

Sliding Past Sequestration: $2 Trillion in Common Sense Cuts to Avoid the Fiscal Cliff In the summer of 2011, Congress sent the President a bill that acknowledged failure. Instead of swallowing hard and coming up with... Read More

Record Drought Results in Record Profit

August 30, 2012 | Agriculture

Special interests are always looking for a silver lining. This year, it’s the farm lobby and sympathetic politicians shamelessly taking... Read More

With Agriculture Disaster Aid Congress Pays Now, Hopes to Save Later

August 01, 2012 | Agriculture

Citing record drought conditions throughout the country, the House is debating today legislation to retroactively extend four... Read More

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Weekly Wastebasket

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February 15, 2013

Engineering Boondoggles

While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as... Read More