By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
A few hours after brokering a deal on the House climate bill, Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, explained why compromise was necessary, how the controversial indirect land use provisions will be handled and repeatedly commented on the mutual distrust between agriculture and the EPA....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Representative Colin Peterson, D-Minn., and chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture Committee, would like to slow the pace of the debate over the Waxman-Markey bill that would put carbon cap and trade legislation in place....
Texas Farm Bureau appreciates Governor Perry’s support for this important piece of the eminent domain package we have sought since 2007. ...
The Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) urged Texans to support a constitutional amendment in November that would limit entities from condemning private property for public development, but urged Governor Perry to use a special session to address eminent domain reform that would further protect property owners....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 received more than 80 votes when it passed the U.S. Senate not once but three times after Congress voted to override then-President Bush’s two vetoes....
The passage of House Joint Resolution 14 by State Rep. Frank Corte, Jr. (R- San Antonio) in the closing hours of the 81st Texas Legislature accomplished some of the eminent domain reform sought by Texas Farm Bureau, but does not go nearly far enough, the organization’s president said....
The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is providing technical and financial assistance to ranchers in a 17-county area to help fight the spread of the cattle fever tick. ...
The National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC) and USA*Engage endorsed a bill introduced by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus - the Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2009 (S.1089) - which would facilitate U.S. agricultural and medical exports to Cuba and lift the travel ban for U.S. citizens....
By Eric Grant
Like commercial producers everywhere, Teresa and Doug Mondani, who ranch near Ione, Calif., have been looking for ways to capture more dollars from their cattle so they can remain competitive during these tough economic times....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Cotton farmers have put their pencils to it, but after the numbers are crunched, the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) payment option, included in the 2008 farm bill, doesn’t make economic sense....
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