NSAC Archives for the 'Farm Program Reform' Category

Path to the 2012 Farm Bill: House Hearing on Commodity and Crop Insurance Subsidies

Thursday, May 17th, 2012

The House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management held a series of farm bill hearings this week to examine commodity and crop insurance programs in advance of writing their version of what will hopefully become the 2012 Farm Bill.  The full House Agriculture Committee expects to mark up and vote on a Read the Rest…

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Path to the 2012 Farm Bill: Letter Signals Senate Floor Amendment to Cap Insurance Subsidies Per Farm

Friday, May 11th, 2012

On Tuesday, May 8, Senators Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Richard Durbin (D-IL) sent a letter to Senate Agriculture Committee leaders in support of reforming the federal crop insurance program by placing caps on the amount of taxpayer subsidies any one farm could receive annually.  The letter represents a first step toward an amendment to the 2012 Read the Rest…

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Path to the 2012 Farm Bill: Senate Markup – Commodity and Crop Insurance Subsidy Provisions

Friday, May 4th, 2012

Note to Readers: This is the tenth in a series of posts on the 2012 Farm Bill reported out of the Senate Agriculture Committee on April 26. Commodity Title The main storyline of the commodity title emerging from Senate Agriculture Committee markup of the 2012 Farm Bill is the elimination of direct payments and counter-cyclical Read the Rest…

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Path to the 2012 Farm Bill: Senate Markup – Sodsaver and Conservation Compliance

Monday, April 30th, 2012

Note to Readers — This is the third in a series of posts on the 2012 Farm Bill reported out of the Senate Agriculture Committee on April 26. With much of the rhetoric and substance of the new, in-the-making 2012 Farm Bill revolving around the rapidly growing and expensive crop insurance title, major corresponding attention Read the Rest…

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For Immediate Release: NSAC Comments on Senate Farm Bill Markup and Passage

Thursday, April 26th, 2012

For Immediate Release April 26, 2012 Contact:  Ferd Hoefner, 202-547-5754 NSAC Comments on Senate Farm Bill Markup and Passage Washington, DC – The Senate Agriculture Committee voted a new farm bill out of committee today by a vote of 16-5.  The committee bill saves $23 billion over the next ten years according to budget estimates. Read the Rest…

2012 Farm Bill, Beginning Farmers, Conservation / Land Stewardship, Farm Program Reform, Farm to School, General Interest, Local Food and Marketing, Organic Agriculture, Press Releases, Rural Development | 4 Comments

Guest Blog: Insuring and Financing Healthy Farms

Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

Editor’s Note: We want to thank Jeffrey O’Hara from NSAC member the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) for his contribution.  Dr. O’Hara is an agricultural economist in the Food & Environment Program at UCS; his expertise includes local food systems and community development. Farm policy has historically disregarded whether domestic crop production is aligned with Read the Rest…

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Path to the 2012 Farm Bill: Senate Draft Farm Bill – Local Food and Rural Development Drilldown

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

Agricultural policy that bolsters community economic development serves as a cornerstone of NSAC’s advocacy.  Within this framework, we support strong Rural Development programs that target small business development and job creation.  Similarly, NSAC recognizes the economic opportunities inherent in food produced for local markets and thus urge Congress to address infrastructure and information barriers to Read the Rest…

2012 Farm Bill, Beginning Farmers, Child Nutrition, Conservation / Land Stewardship, Farm Credit, Farm Program Reform, Farm to School, Food Deserts, Local Food and Marketing, Nutrition Programs, Organic Agriculture, Research and Extension, Risk Management, Rural Development, SNAP, Specialty Crops | 1 Comment

Path to the 2012 Farm Bill: Senate Writes a Farm Bill

Friday, April 13th, 2012

The Senate Agriculture Committee is on track to meet its timeline for marking up a farm bill later this month.  Agriculture staffers in the Senate have been meeting throughout the two-week Congressional Easter recess to discuss issues and proposals.  The Senate Agriculture Committee leadership is writing a draft of the farm bill – known as Read the Rest…

2012 Farm Bill, Act Now, Beginning Farmers, Budget, Conservation / Land Stewardship, Farm Program Reform, Local Food and Marketing, Minority Farmers, Nutrition Programs, Organic Agriculture, Rural Development, Specialty Crops | 3 Comments

GAO Report Triggers Crop Insurance Debate

Friday, April 13th, 2012

On Thursday, April 12, the U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report detailing ways to better target federal crop insurance subsidies.  The targeting would aim to get some control on rapidly escalating taxpayer costs while also reducing the program’s impact on subsidizing the destruction of family farming and reducing new farming opportunities. The report, “Crop Read the Rest…

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Path to the Farm Bill: House Budget Complicates Farm Bill, but Senate Committee Will Begin Anyway

Friday, March 30th, 2012

On Thursday, March 29, the House approved the FY 13 Budget Resolution introduced by Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI) by a 228-191 vote, with all Democrats and 10 Republicans voting no.  The budget resolution will not be taken up by the Senate and hence will only control spending actions in the House. The resolution Read the Rest…

2012 Farm Bill, Beginning Farmers, Budget, Conservation / Land Stewardship, Farm Program Reform, Local Food and Marketing, Minority Farmers, Nutrition Programs, Organic Agriculture, Renewable Energy / Climate Change, Research and Extension, Risk Management, Rural Development, SNAP, Specialty Crops | Comments Off

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