Farm Policy Roundup – April 18, 2014
Appropriations Top Agenda When Congress Returns from Recess While Congress is currently observing a two-week recess, legislation to set spending levels for fiscal year 2015 (FY 15) known as...
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Appropriations Subcommittees Begin Work As Congress returns from a two week recess next week, Appropriations subcommittees will begin the process of approving spending legislation known as mark-up. The...
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U.S. Department of Agriculture Announces Agricultural Land Easement Applications Open U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that applications are now being accepted...
View ArticleFarm Policy Roundup – May 9, 2014
Secretary Vilsack Updates Senate on Farm Bill Implementation U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was on Capitol Hill this week testifying before the Senate Agriculture Committee on...
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Agriculture Appropriations Work Begins on Tuesday The House and Senate Agriculture Appropriations subcommittees have announced that they will mark up legislation making fiscal year 2015 appropriations...
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Appropriators Cut Conservation Programs The House and Senate Agriculture Appropriations subcommittees approved legislation this week making spending decisions for fiscal year 2015 agriculture programs....
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Appropriators Approve FY15 Bills, Conservation Cuts Remain Senate and House Appropriations Committees have approved legislation making spending cuts for fiscal year 2015 agriculture programs. Both the...
View ArticleFarm Policy Roundup – June 6, 2014
Appropriations Update: Appropriations Bills Moving Through Congress Both the House and the Senate Appropriations Committees have passed legislation making spending decisions for fiscal year 2015 (FY15)...
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Ag Appropriations Stalls Amid House Leadership Changes The U.S. House of Representatives this week began floor consideration of the fiscal year 2015 agriculture appropriations bill. American Farmland...
View ArticleFarm Policy Roundup – June 20, 2014
Legislative Activity Slows in Congress As Elections Approach Consideration of multiple bills that impact farmland conservation have stalled in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives as legislator...
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