Browse by Tag: Farm Bill
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RDO Executive Director Dawn Keeley Testifies Before Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Regional Strategies in Rural Economic Development
This week, Dawn Keeley, Executive Director of the Red River Regional Council (https://www NULL.facebook NULL.com/RedRiverRegionalCouncil) located in Grafton, North Dakota, testified before the U.S. Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Jobs, Rural Economic Growth and Energy Innovation (http://www NULL.ag NULL.senate NULL.gov/). Keeley...
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Senate Passes Farm Bill with NADO Priorities Included; President Signs Into Law Today
On February 4, the Senate passed the farm bill reauthorization conference report (H.R. 2642) by a vote of 68 to 32 (http://www NULL.senate NULL.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm NULL.cfm?congress=113&session=2&vote=00021). The bill reauthorizes U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) (http://www NULL.usda NULL.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome) programs through 2018 at...
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House Passes Farm Bill Conference Report; NADO Joins Letter Urging Final Passage
On January 29, the House of Representatives passed the farm bill reauthorization conference report (H.R. 2642) by a vote of 251 to 166 (http://clerk NULL.house NULL.gov/evs/2014/roll031 NULL.xml). The bill reauthorizes U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) (http://www NULL.usda NULL.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome) programs through...
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Farm Bill Pushed Back to Late January
Farm bill negotiations are moving slower than expected over the issue of farm subsidy limitations. The four primary negotiators have indicated some progress on reaching a compromise on this issue. A deal has been made on the dairy market stabilization...
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Farm Bill Conference Committee to Resume Work Next Week
Congress is expected to resume Farm Bill negotiations when they return from the holidays next week. The lead negotiators, Chair Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Ranking Member Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS), Chair Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK), and Ranking Member Rep. Collin...
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Farm Bill Left Unfinished in 2013
This week, the farm bill conference committee was unable to reach an agreement on a final bill before the U.S. House adjourned for the holidays. However, Congressional negotiators are confident they will be able to vote on a final bill...
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USDA Issues Report on Economic Importance of Passing a Farm Bill
On November 21, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Vilsack announced the release of a report on the economic importance of passing a comprehensive farm bill this year. The report outlines the Administration’s priorities in a final farm bill that...
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Farm Bill Update
On November 6, the four head farm bill conferees, Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS), Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK), and Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN), met to begin discussions on how to bridge together the differences between the House...
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NADO Joins Coalition Partners Urging Agriculture Leaders to Include Strong Rural Development Title in Final Farm Bill; Conferees Hold First Meeting
This week, as part of the Campaign for Renewed Rural Development (http://www NULL.ruralcampaign NULL.org/) (CRRD), NADO joined 26 other organizations urging Farm Bill Conference Committee members to support a strong Rural Development title in a final Farm Bill. This includes...
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House Approves Agriculture-Focused Farm Bill
On July 11, the U.S. House approved an agriculture-only version of the Farm Bill (H.R. 2642) by a vote of 216 to 208. The House leadership decided to split the farm bill into two parts—removing food stamp and nutrition programs...
