Lucas Praises House Passage of Farm Bill Conference Report

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…food banks. Additional Reforms & Regulatory Relief The Agricultural Act of 2014 includes multiple regulatory relief provisions benefitting agricultural and forestry industries. Consolidates 23 duplicative and overlapping conservation programs into…

Costa Statement on State of the Union

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…be one of action and the 10 million Americans still living in the shadows could not agree more while they continue to wait for Congress to act on immigration reform….

AFBF on Obama’s State of the Union Address

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…State of the Union address for Congress to pass immigration reform. Many farmers rely on an immigrant labor force, and, without reform, growers will begin to plant less labor-intensive crops…

House-Senate Negotiators Announce Bipartisan Agreement on Final Farm Bill

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Bill Reforms Agricultural Policy, Reduces the Deficit, Grows the Economy WASHINGTON – House and Senate agriculture leaders today announced a bipartisan, bicameral agreement on a five-year farm bill that will…

Final State Water Action Plan Released

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…California experiences one of the driest winters on record, the California Natural Resources Agency, the California Environmental Protection Agency, and the California Department of Food and Agriculture released the final…

AFBF on RFS Standards

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The American Farm Bureau Federation responds to the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard requirements. Click to Open or Download Audio Report…

USDA Designates California Ag Counties for Drought Disaster Assistance

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…Agency (FSA). Counties that are contiguous to the primary disaster counties declared also qualify for USDA natural disaster assistance. The agency will consider each loan application on its own merits,…

EPA Proposal for Cut to Corn Ethanol

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The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a 10-percent cut in how much corn ethanol will be in the Renewable Fuel Standard. Click to Open or Download Audio Report National Corn Growers…