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Record Taxpayer Cost Is Seen for Crop Insurance

January 16, 2013 | The New York Times | Agriculture

WASHINGTON — The worst drought in 50 years could leave taxpayers with a record bill of nearly $16 billion in crop insurance costs because of... Read More

USDA agency’s largesse grows crop insurance

December 31, 2012 | Washington Times | Agriculture

Most Americans have never heard of the Risk Management Agency, but the obscure Agriculture Department office spreads good cheer and millions... Read More

DC Watch: Farm bill unlikely to be part of fiscal cliff efforts

December 24, 2012 | Dairy Herd Network | Agriculture , Earmarks & Appropriations

With the clock ticking down to the end of the year, there is still no agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH)... Read More

Nearly 50 percent of Americans get federal benefits

December 19, 2012 | McClatchy Newspapers | Agriculture , Budget & Tax , National Security

 Thousands of Idahoans rely on money from the federal government for health, retirement or just to stay out of poverty. That dependence is... Read More

Study Says Farm Bills Would Add to, Not Cut, Deficit

December 17, 2012 | New York Times | Agriculture

 For weeks, leaders of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees have lobbied for their stalled farm bills that cut farm and food program... Read More

Coalition urges approval of a farm subsidy

December 17, 2012 | The Washington Times | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

A bipartisan coalition of senators representing almost a third of the chamber is pressing party leaders to include a long-delayed farm... Read More

AG NEWS 12/13/2012

December 14, 2012 | All Ag All Day | Agriculture

“Cotton Board and Cotton Incorporated Reviewing Contract” At the annual joint meeting of the Cotton Board and Cotton Incorporated, Jay... Read More

Groups Opposed to Farm Bill Inclusion in Fiscal Cliff Deal Speak Out

December 14, 2012 | KNEB Radio / Associated Press | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

Some farm groups and lawmakers would like to see a farm bill included as part of any legislation written to avert the fiscal cliff. But the... Read More

150 million reasons it’s hard to cut spending

December 14, 2012 | Associated Press | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

WASHINGTON -- Don't mess with Big Bird. And don't even think about touching Medicare. Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney ran into... Read More

Good case that farm bill would add to deficit

December 13, 2012 | The Free Press | Agriculture

A piece from Ron Nixon in The Washington Post is worth reading because it takes a crack at the conventional wisdom that a farm bill will cut... Read More

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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