A Different Farm Bill Takes Shape
Major progress on the farm bill this week in both chambers of Congress has fired up Washington policy wonks as well as farmers and ranchers across the countryside. “We’ve seen another great example of bipartisan legislating on the part of both committees and their leaders,” said Dale Moore, the American Farm Bureau Federation’s chief lobbyist, in a Newsline radio report. “We’re very...
Read MoreWind Farms Taking a New Step
Construction begins in July to expand the 67-megawatt Colorado Highlands Wind project. 14 GE turbines will be used to expand the project to 91 megawatts. Construction is expected to be completed this fall. BusinessWeek Article
Read MorePoll: Majority See Organic Label as an Excuse to Charge More
More than half (59 percent) of the 2,276 U.S. adults interviewed online last month by Harris Interactive agree that labeling food or other products as organic is just an excuse to charge more. Harris Poll results
Read MoreJust 2 Percent of U.S. Corn Crop Planted
Just 2 percent of the U.S. corn crop is in the ground, according to the Agriculture Department’s first report of the season. That’s well below the nation’s five-year average of 7 percent and dramatically down compared to one year ago when 16 percent of the crop was in the ground. Brownfield article
Read MoreFarm Bureau Sends Farm Bill Proposal to Capitol Hill
The American Farm Bureau Federation is sending a farm bill proposal to Capitol Hill today. Approved this weekend by the AFBF board of directors, the proposal offers a diverse mix of risk management and safety net tools to benefit a wide range of farms and it saves $23 billion compared to the cost of continuing the current program. AFBF news...
Read MoreRetail Food Prices Show Slight Increase
Shoppers paid slightly more for food at the grocery store at the beginning of 2013. Higher retail prices for meat items such as sliced deli ham, boneless chicken breasts and ground chuck, among other foods, resulted in a slight increase in the American Farm Bureau Federation’s first Semi-Annual Marketbasket Survey. The informal survey shows the total cost of 16 food items that can be...
Read MoreLegislative Tracking 2013
