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• Climate Issues; Budget; Jobs Bill-Biofuels; and WASDE Update

  
  FarmPolicy.com — Authority: 125
  Climate IssuesAlexander Bolton reported yesterday at The Hill Online that, “Record snowfall has buried Washington — and along with it, buried the chances of passing global warming legislation this year.“Cars are stranded in banks of snow along the streets of the federal capital, and in the corridors of Congress, ...
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• Departments of Agriculture and Interior Boost Clean Energy Budgets

  
  Daily clean energy briefing from eBoom — Authority: 581
  GreenBusinessMoney.jpg The Obama Administration has been very good at providing funding for clean energy projects through the Department of Energy , but other federal departments have lesser-known projects that contribute to the administration’s renewable energy goals as well.
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• Budget Issues; Ag Economy; Climate Change; and Trade

  
  FarmPolicy.com — Authority: 125
  Budget Issues: Hunger Report, ConservationLisa Lerer and Manu Raju reported on Friday at Politico that, “Democrats are racing to hash out the details of a jobs bill by a self-imposed Monday deadline — and working overtime to gain the Republican votes they’ll need to pass it.“Democratic Sens. Chuck Schumer and ...
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• President’s Budget Slashes Conservation Funding

  
  The Farmland Report — Authority: 112
  On Monday, President Obama released his FY 2011 Budget Proposal. At a time when we most need to invest in protecting our natural resources and keeping them healthy for the future, the President’s proposed budget would cut hundreds of millions of dollars (nearly 20%) from key farmland preservation, conservation, ...
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• Budget Issues; Climate Issues; Farm Bill; Biofuels; and Political Notes

  
  FarmPolicy.com — Authority: 125
  Budget: Reactions to Executive Branch Agricultural ProposalsBloomberg writer Alan Bjerga reported earlier this week that, “U.S. Department of Agriculture spending would rise 2.3 percent to $132.3 billion in fiscal 2011 as the number of people receiving aid to buy groceries, the USDA’s biggest expense, reaches ...
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• President’s Budget Proposal: Agriculture, Climate Issues, and Trade

  
  FarmPolicy.com — Authority: 125
  Budget: General OverviewAn update posted yesterday at CQPolitics reported that, “President Obama proposed a $3.8 trillion fiscal 2011 budget Monday that administration officials are touting as a prescription for both adding jobs to the economy and reducing deficits over the next decade [See: “Remarks by the ...
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• Crop Insurance; Budget; Climate Issues; Sec. Vilsack on Rural America; Ag Economy; Trade; CFTC Issues; and Political Notes

  
  FarmPolicy.com — Authority: 125
  Crop Insurance: The Standard Reinsurance AgreementOn Friday January 29, FarmPolicy.com spoke with former USDA Chief Economist Keith Collins and Bob Parkerson, the president of National Crop Insurance Services about the federal crop insurance program. Specifically, the conversation focused on the current renegotiation ...
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• Food Stamps = Economic Driver?

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 753
  By Tad DeHaven It’s become standard fare for senior government leaders to declare that any and all subsidies are good for economic growth. Two weeks ago it was the Economic Development Administration’s John Fernandez. This week it’s USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack in a speech to the U.S. Conference of Mayors. ...
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• Agricultural Exceptionalism

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 753
  By Sallie James House Agriculture Committee Chairman Colin Peterson (D, Sugarbeet Farmers) announced yesterday [$] that he would begin hearings on the 2012 Farm Bill this spring. I’m still recovering from the traumatizing 2008 Farm Bill fight, so I heard this news with some trepidation. But wait! Put those red ...
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• Farm Bill; Federal Debt; Legislative Agenda- Climate Issues; Crop Insurance; Nutrition Programs; and USDA Nomination

  
  FarmPolicy.com — Authority: 125
  Farm BillDTN Political Correspondent Jerry Hagstrom reported yesterday (link requires subscription) that, “House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, D-Minn., said he plans to begin hearings on the 2012 farm bill in March or April of this year and that he is determined to write a bipartisan bill that is ...
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• Climate Issues; Federal Debt; Crop Insurance; and Dairy Issues

  
  FarmPolicy.com — Authority: 125
  Climate Issues: Less Momentum for Cap and Trade?Ben Geman reported yesterday at The Hill’s Energy and Environment Blog that, “Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) is confirming that she probably won’t offer an amendment to debt ceiling legislation this week that would block EPA from regulating greenhouse gas ...
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• Did Somebody Say Farm Bill?

  
  The Farmland Report — Authority: 112
  Typically farm bills set U.S. agriculture and food policy for five to ten year periods. And ever since the most recent bill was signed in 2008, AFT has been working to help finalize the details of its’ implementation. So in between farm bills, you sometimes think the next one is a long way over the horizon. House ...
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• Farm Bill Factors; Trade; Biofuels; and Climate Change

  
  FarmPolicy.com — Authority: 125
  Farm Bill Factors: DeficitDTN Editor-in-Chief Urban C. Lehner observed on Friday at the Editor’s Notebook Blog that, “Every five years or so Congress passes a new farm bill, and in the run-up to every farm-bill debate, pundits predict that this time the bill will slash farm-program payments. For the 2007 bill, ...
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• The Farms and Food Debate

  
  The Farmland Report — Authority: 112
  Last week, The Los Angles Times ran an op-ed that should be of interest to all those involved in the countless farm and food related debates happening across the nation. Titled “The Facts about Food and Farming,” the piece is an excellent examination of the farm policy debate that is useful for thoughtful ...
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• Farm Bill; Climate Change; Sen. Blanche Lincoln; Biofuels; Ag Economy; and Food Safety

  
  FarmPolicy.com — Authority: 125
  Farm BillDan Morgan, a former Washington Post reporter and former Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, who is now an independent writer specializing in agriculture and energy, has written a paper titled, “The Farm Bill and Beyond.” A summary of the comprehensive paper, which was ...
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• Farm Bill; Trade Issues; Climate Developments; and Biofuels

  
  FarmPolicy.com — Authority: 125
  Farm BillReuters writer Charles Abbott reported yesterday that, “A Texas Democrat who used to be a leader of fiscal conservatives in the U.S. House of Representatives told big farm group on Monday that Congress members keen to cut federal spending will look at U.S. farm supports.“‘All of us in agriculture ...
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• Climate Issues; Farm Bill; Sec. Vilsack’s Staff; and Biofuels

  
  FarmPolicy.com — Authority: 125
  Climate Issues: Agricultural ConcernsEric Roper reported on Friday at the Hot Dish Politics Blog (The Minneapolis Star Tribune) that, “Blue Dog Democrat Collin Peterson, who played a major role securing rural lawmakers’ support for cap-and-trade legislation this summer, said today he would vote ‘no’ if a ...
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