Groups: Stop crop insurance negotiations
Farm groups have expressed concern that the Obama administration’s negotiations with crop insurance companies to cut their subsidies could produce budget savings that would reduce the amount of money available for the next farm bill, but a spokesman for Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said April 12 the administration is willing to work with Congress to […]
Work on new farm bill to begin shortly
The newest farm bill may be less than two years old – and is yet to even be fully implemented – but the House Agriculture Committee is already set to take on the next. During an April 16 press conference, Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, said a handful of pressing issues had […]
USDA To Work With Congress On Budget Baseline
USDA officials indicated last week they would work with Congress to somehow preserve 2012 Farm Bill budget baseline that could potentially be lost through the renegotiation of theStandard Reinsurance Agreement (SRA). The comments, delivered to CongressDaily on the record by a USDA spokesperson and in less official terms to Capitol Hill leaders, came days after 10 commodity groups, including […]
