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STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Political notebook: Minnesota budget clash continues to grow
By Don Davis Gov. Mark Daytons budget proposal continues to play out in interesting ways, usually with Republicans strongly opposed and Democrats more mildly in support. Rep. Matt Dean, R-Dellwood, ...
Posted on 2/4/13 at 11:11 AM
STAFF BLOG AG RIGHT The one thing we all thought we knew ...
A year ago at this time, U.S. agriculturalists were speculating about what the next farm bill would look like. There were many different thoughts about what form the legislation could and should take....
Posted on 1/10/13 at 10:26 AM
STAFF BLOG COMPASS POINTS WITH BRAD DOKKEN Pheasants Forever urges action on behalf of new Farm Bill
Pheasants Forever this week issued an action alert calling on its members to contact their members of Congress to get a new federal Farm Bill passed. The existing Farm Bill is set to expire at the ...
Posted on 8/24/12 at 8:00 AM
TIME AT THE TABLE What is a Food Desert?
A question worth asking. Wikipedia states:Afood desertis any area in the industrialized world where healthful, affordable food is difficult to obtain.Before you get fired up the USDA determined that...
Posted on 3/1/12 at 5:29 PM
Kristin Weeks Duncanson, Mapleton, Minn., column: Don’t let farm bill plow conservation under 
It is critical that as the House takes up its version of the legislation, lawmakers hold the line and reject any deeper cuts to conservation programs that may be proposed along the way.
By Kristin Weeks Duncanson , June 24, 2012
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Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., column: America needs a cost-effective farm bill
We worked together in a bipartisan way in committee to draft and approve good farm legislation, and now I encourage my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to pass the bill on the Senate floor. Every American depends on it, now and into the future.
By John Hoeven , June 17, 2012
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Dan Imhoff and Michael Dimock, Los Angeles, column: America needs a farm bill that works
The draft legislation makes it clear that the farm bill remains in the control of powerful agribusiness interests and anti-hunger advocates whose thinking is rooted in the last century. It would continue to disproportionately favor huge operators who have blanketed the land with monocultures.
By Dan Imhoff and Michael Dimock , June 14, 2012
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OUTDOORS NOTEBOOK: ATV safety, Pheasants Forever Farm Bill priorities etc.
According to 2nd Lt. Leland Owens, the DNR’s recreational vehicle coordinator, most ATV accidents happen after the weather warms up and school is out for the summer.
By Compiled by Brad Dokken , May 20, 2012
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John Crabtree, Lyons, Neb., letter: Poverty hammers families across rural Plains
Investing in rural America means that economic opportunity and food security for rural families must become a priority — a profound change from those in the Senate’s current farm bill proposal.
By John Crabtree , May 10, 2012
John Crabtree, Lyons, Neb., letter: Senate’s new farm bill snubs rural America
Last week, the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee passed the first farm bill in decades that provides no funding for rural community and economic development.
Creating rural jobs and economic opportunities should be a farm bill priority.
By John Crabtree , May 04, 2012
Conservation groups like farm bill provisions
Besides the Conservation Reserve Program, the farm bill that passed the Senate Agriculture Committee on Thursday includes a conservation easement program with a strong wetland component, a regional partnership program aimed at improving water quality and a Sodsaver provision.
By Herald Staff Report , April 29, 2012
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Minnesota, N.D., reps on opposite sides of farm bill cuts
Complying with GOP mandates to reduce spending, the House Agricultural Committee voted on Wednesday to cut $33 billion over 10 years to the nation’s cornerstone nutrition program.
By Kristen M. Daum , April 19, 2012
John Crabtree, Lyons, Neb., letter: Jobs, small towns should be farm bill priority
This time, the farm bill needs to invest in creating genuine opportunity for ordinary Americans and a future for our communities.
This time, it needs to cut subsidies for the rich and powerful.
By John Crabtree , April 12, 2012
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Steve Wyum, Rutland, N.D., letter: Et tu, Rep. Berg? Ryan budget slashes farm bill
North Dakota’s former congressmen — Republicans and Democrats alike — for decades have given consistent, solid bipartisan support to agriculture.
Will Berg carry on this tradition and vote no on the Ryan budget?
By Steve Wyum , March 29, 2012
Peterson: Next farm bill could boost Red River Valley floodwater retention efforts
Minnesota congressman says U.S. sugar program likely to be continuedRep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., said Wednesday that he is optimistic the U.S. sugar program will be continued in the next farm bill, but he said he is unsure when — or if — a proposed $1.78 billion Red River diversion to protect Fargo and Moorhead during flooding can be built given the current “fiscal environment.”
March 14, 2012
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Sen. Franken aide: ‘Now’s the time’ for new farm bill
Delays would hurt chances of approval, Franken aide says “Now’s the time to get it done,” said Al Juhnke, agriculture/energy field representative for Franken. Approving new legislation would become more difficult as Election Day this fall comes nearer, he said. Juhnke, a former Minnesota state legislator, talked about the 2012 farm bill Thursday afternoon at East Grand Forks City Hall. Representatives of Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., were present, too.
By Jonathan Knutson , March 01, 2012
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Richard Schlosser, Edgeley, N.D., letter: How much will farm bill with $177 billion in cuts hurt?
As Congress writes the 2012 farm bill, will this proposal jeopardize safety net provisions, support for crop insurance, research, conservation or support for the sugar program? Who knows?
By Richard Schlosser , January 25, 2012
Ag Committee chairman: ‘Horrendous’ pressure in upcoming farm bill discussions
FARGO — House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., faces a tough task of justifying and delivering an adequate farm program — anything comparable to the expiring, popular 2008 farm bill — in the midst of a tightening budget.
He discussed the next steps in the farm bill discussion in front of a full Fargo conference room on Thursday as business and agriculture leaders urged him to continue programs and prevent overreach from federal regulators.
By Mikkel Pates , January 12, 2012
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VIDEO: Franken says Crystal lockout may jeopardize sugar program
After a “very emotional and very difficult” Tuesday meeting with about 70 American Crystal Sugar Co. employees in Grand Forks, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., said he is “not totally pessimistic” that a new development could end the lockout.
January 10, 2012
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