Farm Credit Council

As the Farm Credit System pursues its mission of service to U.S. Agriculture and rural America, The Farm Credit Council's Legislative Action Center is a resource for System leaders, providing the latest information and news on key issues affecting our cooperatives

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Farm Bill Extension Is Added to Fiscal Agreement ...milk prices.The extension of programs in the 2008 farm law, which expired in September, represents a trimmed-down version of a plan proposed by Senate and House Agriculture committee leaders this weekend. Instead, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., offered a plan that would extend a dairy program that producers want to replace and would not include disaster assistance, according to a Senate aide.The plan also would not fund energy provisions and other expired programs...

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Hemp debate hits farm bill May 24, 2013 - Politico The Republican leader wants to legalize industrial hemp. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), walk point for him on hemp. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) has filed her own sense-of-the-Senate amendment to the farm bill amendment urging the development of a federal labeling standard.

Dry farming draws interest from small growers May 24, 2013 - The Sacramento Bee
GMO Labeling Bill Voted Down In Senate May 24, 2013 - The Huffington Post
Is Outrage Over the Monsanto Protection Act a Turning Point for the Food Movement? May 24, 2013 - The Huffington Post