CCAGW Urges Consideration of Farm Bill Reform Proposal
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WASHINGTON, June 19  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) expressed disappointment with today's House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management markup of H.R. 2419, the 2007 Farm Bill.
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By Phyllis Jacobs Griekspoor, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Sep. 10--HUTCHINSON -- Disaster aid for drought-stricken parts of the state, money challenges to the 2007 farm bill, changes to farm policy, and gaining markets for U.S.
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By Chris Casteel, The Daily Oklahoman  Sep. 23--WASHINGTON -- The nation's cattlemen, concerned about legal action taken in Oklahoma regarding poultry waste, are pushing a House committee to pass a bill that would prevent the regulation of animal manure under federal environmental laws.
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Supporters of House majority leader Tom DeLay proposed a Republican rules change yesterday that would protect the Texan&#39;s leadership position
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As the US awaits the test results of a possible mad cow case, some experts call for more reforms of the system.
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By John Holland, The Modesto Bee, Calif.  Sep. 9--Proposed ways of protecting farming in Stanislaus County will go before the public Tuesday and Sept. 18. County officials have drafted revisions to the agricultural element of the general plan.
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By The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Feb. 14--You'd think the chairman of the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee would be up on environmental issues.
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By Bill Jackson, Greeley Tribune, Colo.  Feb. 23--Immigration policies are a bureaucratic mess and getting farm labor for small farmers is next to impossible.
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By Linda McKee  And the Ulster Farmers' Union has also expressed surprise that the authors of the new Review of Environmental Governance, presented to Environment Minister Arlene Foster last week, have not given a costing of the new proposals.
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The Grocery Manufacturers Association, the industry's largest trade group, plans to unveil on Tuesday a proposal to increase U.S. federal oversight of imported food and ingredients, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on Monday.
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Mississippi's attorney general said on Friday he would propose legislation to force State Farm, the largest home insurer in the United States, to continue writing new policies in the state.
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FARMERS are being invited to find out about con
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By Lisa Vorderbrueggen, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Jan. 31--Freshman Rep. Jerry McNerney's first bill, which calls for increasing funds for water conservation pilot projects, is set for a hearing today in Washington.
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By Blackwell Thomas  SPRINGFIELD - A plan to change how septic tanks are inspected in Illinois has some rural lawmakers raising a stink.
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Maryland lawmakers began to consider a proposal yesterday for one of the nation's most ambitious sets of controls on carbon dioxide emissions, as the state seeks to be a leader in the effort to curb the gases that contribute to global warming.
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Description: NPR&#39;s Alex Chadwick talks to NPR&#39;s Andrea Seabrook for an update on the intelligence reform bill currently under consideration in Congress.
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The measure, which was discussed at a meeting of team scouting and farm directors this week, could be implemented as early as next season.