Policy Briefs
Analysis of Selected Provisions in Hurricane Sandy Emergency Spending Proposals
December 17, 2012
Reports & Data
Subsidizing Oil Shale: Tracing Federal Support for Oil Shale Development in the United States
November 29, 2012
Record Taxpayer Cost Is Seen for Crop Insurance
January 16, 2013 |
The New York Times |
WASHINGTON — The worst drought in 50 years could leave taxpayers with a record bill of nearly $16 billion in crop insurance costs because of... 
USDA agency’s largesse grows crop insurance
December 31, 2012 |
Washington Times |
Most Americans have never heard of the Risk Management Agency, but the obscure Agriculture Department office spreads good cheer and millions...
DC Watch: Farm bill unlikely to be part of fiscal cliff efforts
December 24, 2012 |
Dairy Herd Network |
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)...
Nearly 50 percent of Americans get federal benefits
December 19, 2012 |
McClatchy Newspapers |
Thousands of Idahoans rely on money from the federal government for health, retirement or just to stay out of poverty.
That dependence is...
Study Says Farm Bills Would Add to, Not Cut, Deficit
December 17, 2012 |
New York Times |
For weeks, leaders of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees have lobbied for their stalled farm bills that cut farm and food program...
Coalition urges approval of a farm subsidy
December 17, 2012 |
The Washington Times |
A bipartisan coalition of senators representing almost a third of the chamber is pressing party leaders to include a long-delayed farm...
AG NEWS 12/13/2012
December 14, 2012 |
All Ag All Day |
“Cotton Board and Cotton Incorporated Reviewing Contract”
At the annual joint meeting of the Cotton Board and Cotton Incorporated, Jay...
Groups Opposed to Farm Bill Inclusion in Fiscal Cliff Deal Speak Out
December 14, 2012 |
KNEB Radio / Associated Press |
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...
150 million reasons it’s hard to cut spending
December 14, 2012 |
Associated Press |
WASHINGTON -- Don't mess with Big Bird. And don't even think about touching Medicare.
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney ran into...
Good case that farm bill would add to deficit
December 13, 2012 |
The Free Press |
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...
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