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Crop insurance push made for conservation requirements

June 10, 2013 | Insurance News Daily | Agriculture

Rep. Mike Thompson wants the subsidized coverage to require compliance for eligibility. Among the differences between the current... Read More

Changes to dairy subsidies may take Boston out of equation

June 10, 2013 | The Boston Globe | Agriculture

WASHINGTON — No one would mistake Boston for a bovine bastion. So it may come as a shock that the eyes of the nation’s dairy farmers are... Read More

Rep. Mike Thompson wants crop insurance to require conservation

June 05, 2013 | SF Gate | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

One of the big drawbacks of federally subsidized crop insurance — the new mode for subsidizing farmers — is that it has detached... Read More

Lobbyists for Banks to Beet Farms Feast on $1 Trillion Farm Law

June 03, 2013 | Bloomberg Business Week | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

After his side lost a fight over federal sugar aid in the Senate last month, Bob Simpson, the president of Jelly Belly Candy Co. of... Read More

House members push alternative farm bill that cuts subsidies

May 31, 2013 | The Daily Caller | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

As the House and Senate tackle competing versions of the farm reform bill, two congressmen from Wisconsin are proposing an alternative bill... Read More

Farm Bill: How to Grow Almost Anything Risk Free

May 30, 2013 | The Fiscal Times | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

Congress is attempting to pass major farm legislation this year after failing in 2012 amid the hard-fought congressional and presidential... Read More

Congress Poised To Make Crop Insurance Subsidies More Generous

May 30, 2013 | NPR | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

For decades, farmers have been getting checks from the federal government as part of a safety net to help protect against, for instance, the... Read More

Senators fight to cut more farm bill spending

May 28, 2013 | The Hill | Agriculture

Senators critical of the level of spending in the giant $955 billion farm bill are fighting for floor votes after the Memorial Day recess on... Read More

Faking farm savings;  It’s a time-honored tradition in Washington to do as little as possible and look good while (not) doing it

May 28, 2013 | The Union Daily Times | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

Sometimes it appears common sense and reality can't penetrate the Capitol's marble-lined walls. This financially costly phenomenon struck... Read More

Bid to end crop insurance subsidy for tobacco worries burley growers

May 22, 2013 | Lexington Herald Leader | Agriculture

Kentucky tobacco growers are up in arms over a new proposal to eliminate federal crop insurance programs for tobacco. On Monday, Sen.... Read More

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September 13, 2013

Syria: Excuse 535 To Not Cut the Deficit

Volume XVIII No. 37 Possible action in Syria has become the most recent excuse du jour for Pentagon boosters... Read More