Letters & Testimony
Oppose Ag-Only Farm Bill: Spends More Than Senate Bill; Changes Make Subsidies Permanent
July 11, 2013
Taxpayers Turn U.S. Farmers Into Fat Cats With Crop Subsidies
September 09, 2013 |
Bloomberg Busineesweek |
A Depression-era program intended to save the nation’s farmers from ruin has grown into a 21st-century crutch enabling affluent growers and... 
11 Trillion Reasons
August 12, 2013 |
The New York Times |
Here is a good line: Unenlightened farm policy with its massive subsidies for junk food ingredients has played a pivotal role in shaping our...
Antiquated U.S. farm policy fiscally foolish
August 08, 2013 |
Lebanon Daily News |
In June, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives rejected, 195-234, a trillion-dollar farm bill that included agriculture...
Rep. Ted Yoho entangled in dispute over farm bill
July 29, 2013 |
Gainesville Sun |
The farm bill making its way through Congress includes a significant change — away from direct payments and toward crop insurance — in the...
The big insurance gamble for farmers and taxpayers
July 29, 2013 |
Ocala Star Banner |
For the past 46 years Richard Barber has coaxed peanuts from the earth in western Marion County, but it wasn't until last year that for the...
All In W/ Chris Hayes: House passes Farm Bill with zero Democratic votes
July 23, 2013 |
MSNBC |
Watch All In with Chris Hayes for the latest on the battle in Washington over food stamps and the Farm Bill, as the House passed a new...
Farm bill: Divided
July 23, 2013 |
North Platte Bulletin |
Concerned about ever-increasing federal food stamp spending and the incentives it affords to the poor, conservatives in the House of...
Program promoting U.S.-grown foods divides California Republicans
July 23, 2013 |
Los Angeles Times |
WASHINGTON — In this era of federal austerity, appetites are souring over spending taxpayer money on dinner parties in India featuring...
RYAN ALEXANDER: House farm bill worsens government waste
July 23, 2013 |
San Angelo Standard Times |
SAN ANGELO, Texas — Remember when the House rejected a trillion-dollar version of the farm bill a month ago? I predicted the subsidy...
How to Achieve Real Farm Bill Reform
July 17, 2013 |
U.S. News & World Report |
A lot has been written about the initial failure of the farm bill to pass the House of Representatives in June, and the passage last week of...
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