NSAC Archives for the 'Farm Program Reform' Category
Path to the 2012 Farm Bill: NSAC Assessment of House Committee-Passed Bill
Thursday, July 12th, 2012
In an earlier post we provided highlights and lowlights of the House Agriculture Committee one-day markup of their version of the 2102 Farm Bill, including a rundown of sustainable agriculture amendments passed and defeated. Here we turn to an assessment of the bill overall. Still to come is a piece discussing possible next steps in Read the Rest…
Path to the 2012 Farm Bill: House Agriculture Committee Debates and Passes Its Farm Bill
Thursday, July 12th, 2012
After a full-day marathon markup that started on Wednesday morning and went into the early hours of Thursday, the House Agriculture Committee passed its version of the 2012 Farm Bill by a vote of 35-11. Seven Democrats and four Republicans voted against the bill. The Republicans who voted against the bill did so based on Read the Rest…
Path to 2012 Farm Bill: House Markup Looms
Tuesday, July 10th, 2012
The House Agriculture Committee will debate and vote on its version of the 2012 Farm Bill tomorrow, Wednesday July 11. It is now widely expected that the House Agriculture Committee “mark-up” of the 2012 Farm Bill will take less than a day, rather than the normal multi-day process. The markup will begin at 10 AM Read the Rest…
Path to the 2012 Farm Bill: Draft House Farm Bill Drilldown
Friday, July 6th, 2012
On July 5, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Lucas (R-OK) and Ranking Member Peterson (D-MN) released their draft farm bill ahead of the House Agriculture Committee’s farm bill markup scheduled for next week beginning Wednesday, July 11. The bill generates $35 billion in savings by cutting over $16 billion from nutrition programs and more than $6 billion Read the Rest…
Path to the 2012 Farm Bill: Draft House Farm Bill Highlights
Friday, July 6th, 2012
On July 5, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Lucas (R-OK) and Ranking Member Peterson (D-MN) released their draft farm bill ahead of the House Agriculture Committee’s farm bill markup scheduled for next week beginning Wednesday, July 11. The bill generates $35 billion in savings by cutting over $16 billion from nutrition programs and more than $6 billion Read the Rest…
Commodity Payment Limitations – Weak System, Weak Report
Friday, June 29th, 2012
On Thursday, June 28, USDA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report on the Farm Service Agency’s (FSA’s) implementation of the 2008 Farm Bill commodity program payment limitation provisions. The 2008 Farm Bill severely weakened payment limits by increasing the amount of subsidies any one farm can receive and removing limits altogether in the Read the Rest…
Path to the 2012 Farm Bill: Success Continues on Day Two of Senate Farm Bill Deliberations
Wednesday, June 20th, 2012
The good news continues! Yesterday we reported on major farm bill floor victories on amendments to improve funding for rural economic development and beginning farmers and to cap commodity subsidies. Today, on the second full day of the Senate’s “vote-o-rama” on the 2012 Farm Bill, NSAC-supported amendments to reform federal crop insurance were victorious, against Read the Rest…
Path to the 2012 Farm Bill: Successful Day One of Farm Bill Voting in Senate
Tuesday, June 19th, 2012
We are delighted to report that the U.S. Senate today passed an amendment to the 2012 Farm Bill providing $150 million in critical funding for rural economic development and new farmer programs. The amendment, introduced and championed by Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), was approved on a 55-44 vote, with Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) Read the Rest…
House Appropriations Committee Passes FY13 Ag Funding Bill
Tuesday, June 19th, 2012
On Tuesday, June 19, the House Appropriations Committee passed its FY 2013 Agriculture Appropriations bill, which the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee passed on June 6. The full Committee bill, which we outlined in detail in an earlier post, is nearly identical to the Subcommittee bill. However, the Committee did adopt a number of amendments, including: An Read the Rest…
Groups Ask Senate to Limit Crop Insurance Subsidies to Largest Farms
Thursday, June 7th, 2012
On Thursday, June 7, 2012, Center for Rural Affairs, Environmental Working Group, National Farmers Union, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, and Oxfam America sent a letter to the Senate regarding federal crop insurance premium subsidies in the 2012 Farm Bill. The federal government currently pays an average of over 60% of crop insurance premiums, and projected Read the Rest…
