Produce farmers cheer farm bill

iht.com     May 15, 2008            

Fruit and vegetable farmers would reap a bonanza of new money in a giant farm bill passed by the House on Wednesday that for the first time includes significant expenditures for produce growers. Money for traditional commodity subsidies, food stamps and other programs in the $290 billion bill... [read full story]                    

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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: A cornucopia for rich farmers

sacbee.com     May 13, 2008          

What can $100 million buy you in Congress? If you're agribusiness, such money spent this past year on lobbying and campaign donations will harvest billions in farm subsidies and keep you in clover for another five years. Congress plans to renew the US agriculture law this week with no apologies...                    

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Farm Bill: Buying votes

nwsource.com     May 14, 2008          

SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER EDITORIAL BOARD Only the threat of a presidential veto stands in the way of an abhorrent spend-and-spend farm bill. The success of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and bipartisan supporters of big agriculture in selling out on socially and environmentally healthy reforms may...                    

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Farm Subsidies, Chemicals in Plastic and High Gas Prices

cei.org     May 12, 2008          

The White House announces plans to veto the recently-passed $300 billion farm bill. Debate continues over the safety of plastic additive bisphenol A, or BPA. Energy companies embark on a PR campaign to address consumer worries about high oil prices. read more                    

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Conferees OK 2008 Farm Bill

cfbf.com     May 14, 2008          

Issue Date: May 14, 2008 By Christine Souza Assistant Editor Under the threat of a presidential veto, the 2008 Farm Bill completed by congressional agricultural leaders late last week is expected to pass the House and Senate this week and then arrive on the president's desk. The final bill...                    

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Jacob Sullum: Permanent Disaster

townhall.com     May 14, 2008          

Will Hillary Clinton fight for the nomination past June 1st? Yes, she'll fight like a junkyard dog Yes, but she'll gracefully fade away "We need to stand up to the special interests, bring Republicans and Democrats together and pass the farm bill immediately," Barack Obama declared last November....                    

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Statement by the President on the Farm Bill

whitehouse.gov     May 13, 2008          

In January 2007, I was hopeful that leaders in Washington could come together on a good farm bill. At that time, my Administration had completed more than fifty listening sessions across the country and developed a reform-minded farm bill based on the thousands of comments received. Our proposal...                    

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Critics: Bill ignores global food crisis

denverpost.com     May 14, 2008          

A five-year farm bill in Congress this week does little to address the growing global food crisis. Instead diverts money that could be spent feeding poor children abroad to give more subsidies to U.S. farmers enjoying record-high crop prices and incomes, critics say.                    

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House expected to pass farm bill Wednesday; Bush threatens veto

sacbee.com     May 14, 2008          

WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives today is expected to approve a five-year, $280 billion-plus farm bill, accelerating an election-year collision with President Bush. The farm bill awaiting House passage today includes $170 million in aid for commercial salmon fishermen like Ben Platt,...                    

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Farm bill full of goodies for both rich and poor

nwsource.com     May 14, 2008          

WASHINGTON -- A $300 billion farm bill contains a little something for everyone, including tax breaks for Kentucky racehorse owners, extra help for farmers in Hawaii and Alaska, dollars for salmon farmers in the Pacific Northwest and more food stamps for the needy.                    

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Farm bill nears House approval, Bush veto

nwsource.com     May 14, 2008          

WASHINGTON — The House today is expected to approve a five-year, $280 billion-plus farm bill, accelerating an election-year collision with President Bush. "I am deeply disappointed in the [bill], as it falls far short of the proposal my administration put forward," Bush said Tuesday afternoon. A...                    

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