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...which public policy supports commodity crop farmers.The farm bill negotiations taking place this week in the Senate Agriculture Committee will undoubtedly enshrine insurance subsidies - and fund them - at an unprecedented level. Look at any chart...
...he has found the money to extend the program out to the end of the year," said Klobuchar, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee. "We need this program to keep Minnesota livestock and residents safe. . The gap in that coverage was unacceptable...
...Congresses.'' Although he serves in the majority caucus, Grams said, he's been unable to persuade the Senate Agriculture Committee to adopt his crop insurance proposals.
...and allow someone else to buy the markets that we should certainly be participating in,'' he said. The Senate Agriculture Committee does not plan any hearings because the chairman, GOP Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, says there is no need...
...Clinton administration has done too little to rejuvenate the nation's farm economy, the chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee said today. ''Although Congress and the president have agreed on the need to provide financial help to farmers...
...legislation was approved on a voice vote by the Senate Agriculture Committee after no hearing and little advance notice...are S. 1155 and H.R. 2129. On the Net: Senate Agriculture Committee: http://www.senate.gov/agriculture...
...Democrats. The chairmen of the House and Senate agriculture committees plan hearings on farm policy next year...doesn't happen quickly," said Andy Fisher, a Senate Agriculture Committee spokesman. The House committee chairman...
...opposed dairy pricing reform. -- Newly elected U.S. Sen. Mark Dayton has asked for appointment to the Senate Agriculture Committee, where no Minnesotan has served for more than 20 years. At the state level, Wenzel called for re-institution...
...it that way," spokeswoman Maeve O'Beirne said. But Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin, the senior Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee, praised USDA's action. "Right now we just don't know how far this disease has spread," said Harkin...
...said Nolen Canon, a Mississippi rice grower. "We're not making any money," he said. Leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee indicated Thursday that they want more money for farm programs but didn't specify how much. In a letter...