Tag: Farm Bill
USDA extends deadline for dairy Margin Protection Program
The USDA has extended the deadline for the dairy Margin Protection Program to Dec. 5.
More than $1 million in grants awarded to help Pennsylvania specialty...
Twenty Pennsylvania projects were awarded nearly $1,045,000 in federal grants to increase the visibility and market share of the state’s produce, nursery, horticultural and nut products.
Dairymen, two online tools can help with Margin Protection Program...
Online tools help dairymen calculate Margin Protection Program costs, as well as forecast MPP payments and the total MPP benefits the producer can anticipate.
Dairy farmers caught between a rock and a hard place
Editor:
Dairy farmers across the nation are once again left without effective farm bill legislation. Another year of hard work by dairy farm groups to...
So, where’s my cow insurance?
It was evident from the hello that the South Dakota rancher had practiced his pitch before he dialed my office.
“I’m (so and so),” he...
House and Senate ag committees approve 2013 farm bill
WASHINGTON — The House and Senate ag committees both approved their respective versions of the farm bill this week, the House by a vote of 36 to 10, and the Senate approval was 15-5.
You’ll know it when you see it
In the 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case Jacobellis v. Ohio, Justice Potter Stewart wrote a concurring opinion he hoped would establish a legal standard...
House and Senate ag committees take action on new farm bill
WASHINGTON — The House and Senate Agriculture committees have both announced new versions of the farm bill they plan to revisit in coming weeks,...
New farm bill a priority for 2013
More coverage of the farm bureau trip to D.C.
WASHINGTON, D. C. — It's still anyone's guess when the next farm bill will be passed,...
