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The farm bill and dairy policy was on the minds and lips of government officials at the annual government luncheon held during the 97th annual Pennsylvania Farm Show.

Neither the outcome of the federal election nor the fast-approaching budget "fiscal cliff" bothered any of the 250 gawkers and bidders at a 1,170-acre...

On the face of it, few things carry a more apt name than today's "lame duck" Congress. Indeed, how lame is it that after...

Economists, ag policy experts take a look at where the new year is headed and where 2012 will end.

Predictions include a short-term extension of the expired bill, or approval of a new, long-term bill.

Farmers and the organizations that represent them say they want a new bill by Sept. 30, when the current farm bill expires.

House members say disaster package is only temporary, still planning to approve a five-year farm bill.

Now that the Senate passed its version of the farm bill, the pressure's on the House side to craft a new bill before the current act expires at the end of September.

One of the dairy measures proposed for the next farm bill would kick in when the price received for milk sinks too close to the cost of feed.

The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee did the right thing when it approved a farm bill that contains much-needed change in federal dairy programs, including provisions outlined in the Dairy Security Act. Dairy farmers in the Upper Midwest will benefit from these changes.