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(NAFB)--In its statement of Administration policy on the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 - the Off...
(NAFB)--American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman says House Speaker John Boeher’s statement of support fo...
(NAFB)--Speaking to the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives Wednesday - House Ag Committee Chairman Frank Lucas said he e...
(NAFB)--The Senate approved the farm bill with a vote of 66 to 27 Monday evening. Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie S...
(AP) - Tama County supervisors have unanimously rejected a planned 4,400-head hog confinement backed by the president of the ...
(NAFB)--Missouri Senator Roy Blunt joined in a letter to the Obama Administration this week calling for accountability and tr...
(NAFB)--On the heels of the President’s announcement of a new initiative called ConnectED - Secretary of Agriculture To...
(NAFB)--The Senate agreed Thursday morning to end debate on the farm bill and proceed to a final vote - invoking cloture on a...
(NAFB)--The House Ag Appropriations Subcommittee has approved the fiscal year 2014 ag spending bill today. The measure was ap...
WASHINGTON (June 6, 2013) -- National Corn Growers Association President Pam Johnson released the following statement in resp...
(NAFB)--Once the farm bill clears the Senate - Senators are expected to move on to immigration reform.The four co-chairs of A...
(NAFB)--A final vote on the Senate farm bill could come as early as Thursday - but is more likely next Monday.Senate Majority...
(NAFB)--The Senate has rejected an effort to increase the cut in food stamps in the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of ...
(NAFB)--The Congressional Budget Office has released an updated score for the Senate’s version of the farm bill from 20...
(NAFB)--U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack responded Friday to the action taken by the House and Senate Agriculture Committees to ...
(NAFB)--While the Senate is expected to begin consideration of the farm bill on Monday - Senate Agriculture Committee Chair D...
(AP) - An effort to maintain a tax break for ethanol blended fuel has won state Senate approval.The Iowa Senate on Thursday b...
(AP) - Iowa lawmakers have approved a $40 million compromise budget for the state departments of natural resources and ag...
JEFFERSONCITY, Mo.)--The Missouri Corn Growers Association applauds Missouri lawmakers for supporting the state's farmers...
(AP) - Kansas senators have approved a bill authorizing the state to issue an additional $202 million in bonds for a new ...
(AP) - The Senate has put aside its partisan differences to extend the federal government's main water resources law, whi...
(AP) - Democratic leaders in the Kansas Legislature say they're not getting enough information from Republican Sam Brownb...
(NAFB)--Beginning this Saturday - Michael Scuse will replace Kathleen Merrigan as Acting Deputy Secretary of Agriculture. Scu...
(AP) - The Iowa Senate has approved a bill that would make it easier for livestock producers to downsize, drawing criticism f...
(AP) - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the southern New Mexico plant that has been fighting for more than a year for p...
(AP) - Gov. Sam Brownback says Kansas legislators need to quickly approve $202 million in new bonds for a new, national b...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Conservative Republican senators are pushing back at Gov. Sam Brownback's request that Kansas issue &...
(NAFB)--?The Commodity Markets Oversight Coalition has filed an amicus curiae brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals of the Dis...
(NAFB)--Legislation focused on eliminating loopholes, waste, fraud and abuse would save 30-billion dollars over 10 years from...
(NAFB)--It’s been reported that House Ag Committee Chair Frank Lucas plans to move ahead with markup of the farm bill o...
The Missouri Senate has passed a proposed constitutional amendment that would guarantee farmers' rights.The legislation o...
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Congressmen Sam Graves and Emanuel Cleaver have introduced new legislation (H.R. 1454) to help area f...
The Missouri House has approved legislation intended to restrict use of aircraft for surveillance of people, farms and homes....
The bipartisan group of Senators working on immigration legislation hope to unveil a bill next week.From there, the timeline ...
A Nebraska irrigation district official says his area's next corn crop is threatened by a state order to release some res...
Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder is among more than 20 Republican lieutenant governors urging approval of the TransCanada Keyst...
Senator Jerry Moran says it is those who make the most noise that sometimes succeed, and Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack proves that...
Missouri lawmakers return to the Capitol with a to-do list that includes the budget and various legislative priorities such a...
As Iowa officials near an agreement with federal authorities who are seeking tougher inspections of the state's livestock...
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has announced $1.2 billion in trade agreements to sell Missouri products to South Korea over the ...
The Senate approved legislation to fund the government through September 30th on a 73 to 26 vote Wednesday.The Senate bill ex...
Illinois and Iowa could get into a bidding war over the construction of a $1.2 billion fertilizer production facility.The...
Gov. Jay Nixon says Missouri has signed off on deals to sell $700 million of products to Taiwanese consumers over the nex...
Gov. Jay Nixon says Missouri has signed off on deals to sell $700 million of products to Taiwanese consumers over the nex...
Senate work on a continuing resolution to fund the government through September 30th was taking place behind the scenes as am...
Senate work on a continuing resolution to fund the government through September 30th was taking place behind the scenes as am...
A coalition is urging opposition to a policy rider in the Senate version of the Fiscal Year 2013 Continuing Resolution that w...
Senate Budget Committee Chair Patty Murray of Washington has released a budget proposal that provides for deficit neutral res...
The American Soybean Association has revised its position on the farm bill in an effort to resolve longstanding differences o...
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has responded to the letter sent by Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley and eight others regar...
Kansas Senator Pat Roberts has introduced legislation to cut 36-billion dollars from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Pr...
An email from a USDA field officer is said to support claims that the President is trying to make sequestration as painful as...
Kansas officials are supporting a bill before the Legislature aimed at increasing investment in agriculture production, inclu...
The Missouri Constitution already enshrines the right to bear arms, but a state senator wants to expand that protection.The S...
Congress is working on immigration reform. Both sides of the aisle agree farmers should be allowed to hire foreign workers mo...
The Missouri House has given first-round approval to a measure that supporters say will help protect farmers.The proposed sta...
Missouri's two U.S. senators are continuing their push for answers on a project to close a 1,500-foot gap in a Mississipp...
Shortly after hearing from a group of 21 Senators - President Obama received a letter from 70 farm, humanitarian, shipping an...
Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns and Kansas Senator Pat Roberts have introduced legislation to eliminate a burdensome, costly an...
Two members of the Senate Ag Committee have announced they will not seek re-election in 2014.Both of the Senators are former ...
U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack spoke to the food and nutrition committee of the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in Washingto...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will keep his job in President Obama's second term.USDA communication...
Some farm groups and lawmakers would like to see a farm bill included as part of any legislation written to avert the fiscal ...
