…and Dick Durbin, Minnesota Senators Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar, along with Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow and Indiana Senator Joe Donnelly. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Ag Organizations Support Northey, Ibach Nominations
…Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs. The letter, sent to Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts and Ranking Democrat Debbie Stabenow, calls both a “worthy candidate” for the nominated positions….
Farm Bill This Fall “High Hurdle” for Senate
…Agriculture Committee ranking member Debbie Stabenow “are a team,” and that the committee had marked up a bill quickly in 2014 and could do it again. At the beginning of…
Censky, McKinney, Nomination Hearing Scheduled
Senate Agriculture Committee will hold a hearing on nominees to the Department of Agriculture next week. Committee leaders, Chairman Pat Roberts, and ranking minority member Debbie Stabenow announced plans to…
Stabenow Concerned with Monument Review
…Trump administration has refused to release the report while the White House reviews the findings. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan last week stated failing to release the report is “totally unacceptable.”…
Urban Agriculturalists Hoping for Beneficial Legislation
…establish an Office of Urban Agriculture within the Department of Agriculture and make urban agriculture activities eligible for funding from USDA programs. The bill, introduced by Democrat Debbie Stabenow, was…
Stabenow Supports Call to Withdraw Clovis Nomination
…Economics. The Hagstrom Report says shortly the announcement, Michigan Democrat Debbie Stabenow says that if the Clovis nomination isn’t withdrawn, she will highlight his comments on minorities, gays, Barack Obama,…
Kid Rock Potential Stabenow Challenger
The ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Michigan Democrat Debbie Stabenow, may have a challenger in entertainer Kid Rock in the upcoming 2018 election. Kid Rock, whose real name…
Foreign Investment in U.S. Farmland Rising
…American farmland at a record rate for the past decade, with foreign-owned land reaching an area the size of Tennessee by 2014. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley and Michigan Senator Debbie…
Clovis Nomination Sent to the Senate
…Debbie Stabenow questioned his merits to serve as the USDA chief scientist and his comments against crop insurance. In 2013, Clovis commented that he thought crop insurance was unconstitutional. Those…
Crop Insurance Comments Could Jeopardize Clovis Nomination
…Ranking Democrat Debbie Stabenow and Chairman Pat Roberts both eluded to the nominee’s statements on crop insurance. Clovis has previously questioned the constitutionality of crop insurance. Stabenow said: “It is…
Farm Groups Support Clovis Nomination
…nominate Clovis to serve as the USDA undersecretary for research, education, and economics, which also serves as the departments chief scientist. Senate Agriculture Committee ranking member Debbie Stabenow, Senate Appropriations…
Stabenow States Concern with Clovis Nomination
Stabenow Senate Agriculture Committee Ranking Democrat Debbie Stabenow is concerned that Sam Clovis is not qualified to be an Agriculture Department Undersecretary. In a statement last week, Stabenow said: “This…
American Farm Bureau Lists Farm Bill Goals
…and Rep. Mike Conaway, and ranking members, Sen. Debbie Stabenow and Rep. Collin Peterson, that Farm Bureau is prepared to help them “achieve the best possible farm bill that meets…