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08/03/2010 - Amendments of Interest to Ag Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he is pretty close to an agreement with Senate Republican leaders on a procedure to consider and complete action on a small business package this week. Read more... |
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07/22/2010 - Wall Street Reforms President Obama has signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act into law - legislation that includes strong reforms of the derivatives market authored by Senate Ag Committee Chairman Blanche Lincoln. Read more... |
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07/19/2010 - Health Care House Minority Leader John Boehner (bay-ner) supports repeal of the health care overhaul and the financial regulation packages. The latter got final Congressional approval last Thursday (July 15). Read more... |
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07/01/2010 - USDA Reports “Planted Acreage Report Holds Surprise” While a nationwide survey of farmers pointed to it - the pre-report trade estimates did not... Read more... |
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06/30/2010 - Doha Deadlines World leaders at the G8 and G20 meeting in Canada have dropped the commitment to concluding the Doha Round of world trade talks this year. Read more... |
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06/16/2010 - Tax Extenders Congressional Quarterly reports Senate Democrats still don’t have the 60 votes needed to advance the tax extenders measure. Read more... |
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06/15/2010 - TB in Dairy Herd Bovine Tuberculosis has been confirmed in four cows in a Colorado dairy herd. Bovine TB causes internal lesions in infected animals. Read more... |
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06/07/2010 - Workshop for Dairy Industry The U.S. Read more... |
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06/04/2010 - Obama on Oil Change Speaking in Pittsburgh this week - President Obama tried to channel public outrage about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill into support for a climate change bill. Read more... |
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06/02/2010 - Senate Ag Committee The House Agriculture Committee has already started work on the next farm bill. Read more... |
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05/28/2010 - Vote on Biodiesel Tax Credit Delayed A vote in the House on a bill addressing tax cuts and social spending - including several agriculture related issues - is not likely to happen until after the Memorial Day holiday recess. Read more... |
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05/26/2010 - Obama Wants to Cut Spending President Obama wants Congress to give him and future Presidents the authority to slice lawmakers’ pet projects from congressionally approved spending bills. Read more... |
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05/26/2010 - Obama Wants to Cut Spending President Obama wants Congress to give him and future Presidents the authority to slice lawmakers’ pet projects from congressionally approved spending bills. Read more... |
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05/24/2010 - Financial Reform Now that financial reform has passed the U.S. Read more... |
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05/18/2010 - Corn Growers on Indirect Land Use The National Corn Growers Association says it’s time to throw out the disputed theory of indirect land use change. Read more... |
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05/17/2010 - Beef Agreement The U.S. Meat Export Federation is clearing the air after an accidental reprint of an old news article caused some confusion regarding the beef agreement between the U.S. and South Korea. Read more... |
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05/14/2010 - Meat Exports The U.S. Meat Export Federation reports U.S. beef and pork muscle cut exports performed well in March - concluding the first quarter of 2010 with increasing momentum. Read more... |
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05/13/2010 - American Power Act Senators John Kerry and Joe Lieberman have introduced the American Power Act which is designed to transform our economy, set us on the path toward energy independence and improve the... Read more... |
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05/12/2010 - Economist Looks at USDA S&P 2010 is shaping up to be a much better year for U.S. livestock producers, thanks to an improving economy and tighter supplies of beef, pork and poultry. Read more... |
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04/22/2010 - Lincoln on Wall Street Bill The Senate Ag Committee conducted a markup session for the Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act Wednesday. It passed by a vote of 13-8. Read more... |
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04/15/2010 - White House Meeting President Obama urged House and Senate leaders from both parties to set aside partisan tensions and work harder to complete legislation... Read more... |
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04/13/2010 - Company Helps Farmers The outgoing host of TV’s “Family Feud” program John O’Hurley has founded a company that has developed a way to convert waste to energy - and they are putting this technology to... Read more... |
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04/09/2010 - Talks with Japan Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has completed a meeting with Hirotaka Akamatsu, Japan’s Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Read more... |
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04/08/2010 - Report Shows FDA Weaknesses The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General has released a report on the Food and Drug Administration’s inspections of domestic food facilities. Read more... |
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04/07/2010 - Brazil Cotton Conflict The United States and Brazil have taken a step forward in the Cotton dispute. Read more... |
