The problem farm groups face in proposing new agriculture policies is the same one facing lawmakers: They don't know exactly how much money has to be cut from the farm bill. (DTN file photo)
Farm Groups Seek Consensus
More Talks Needed to Find Common Ground on Farm Programs
Thu Feb 2, 2012 05:05 PM CST
Farm organizations issued a statement after two days of talks reflecting that there is a lot of work to do to reach a consensus on what direction to take commodity programs in the next farm bill.
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LightSquared still plans to go ahead with providing broadband wireless service to rural areas of the U.S. despite various points of opposition. (Satellite photo courtesy of LightSquared)
LightSquared Hits Wall
FCC Holds Broadband Project for Rural Areas
Mon Jan 30, 2012 03:05 PM CST
An Iowa senator has turned over to the Senate ethics committee information regarding contacts from telecommunications industry officials on LightSquared's rural broadband proposal.
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Barges carry 89% of the soybeans and 91% of the corn that U.S. companies export though the Gulf of Mexico each year. (DTN/The Progressive Farmer file photo by Jim Patrico)
Study Sounds Alarm on Waterway System
Ag Would Pay High Price for Lock, Dam Failures
Wed Jan 25, 2012 10:48 AM CST
U.S. ag producers would pay a hefty price if the aging lock and dam infrastructure on the nation's waterways were to fail, according to a new study.
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House Ag Committee Chairman Frank Lucas. (DTN file photo by Chris Clayton)
Heaven and Earth for a Farm Bill
House Ag Chairman Says Ag Groups Need to Come Together
Wed Jan 25, 2012 02:26 PM CST
House Ag Committee Chairman Frank Lucas says he will move heaven and earth to get a farm bill done this year.
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Seeing rural kids on a tractor was once the norm, if anyone even gave it a though. Pictured are brothers Hayden and Clay Oswald. (Photo courtesy Richard Oswald)
Farm Labor Change Not Enough
 Lawmakers Critical of Proposal to Restrict Youth Work on Farms Subscriber Content
Thu Feb 2, 2012 02:28 PM CST
A Department of Labor official defended the need to update child-labor laws for farms, but highlighted changes made to ensure children can work for family members. Still, lawmakers criticized the proposal with one congressman saying he would block any funding to implement it.
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While more than half of producers that responded to a Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research Board survey said they'd vote to approve increasing the checkoff fee to $1.50 per head, its not likely the levy will be increased anytime soon.
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Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., has announced the Committee's Farm Bill hearing schedule for February and March.
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The press office for the United Kingdom's National Weather Service, or the "Met office" issued a news release on Monday stating several errors in that Daily Mail article by David Rose over the weekend on climate change.
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The EPA cross a line into regulatory territory reserved for state governments, the American Farm Bureau and other plaintiffs in a lawsuit argue in a motion seeking a summary judgment against the Environmental Protection Agency over the EPA's Total Maximum Daily Load regulation.
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