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| Federal Spending is Down on the Farm WASHINGTON (Dec. 7, 2009)—In an era of bulging deficits, there is one area of the federal budget—farm policy—that's actually coming in well below projections, according to new Congressional Budget Office figures analyzed by Farm Policy Facts. View the Full Article >
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  Administration, Senators Question Direction of Doha TalksTwo top-level trade officials in the Obama administration recently told Congress what they thought of the trade deal currently on the table at the World Trade Organization (WTO), and Senators liked what they heard... More Articles > A Hard Time With ConsistencyBeheading awaited a French Queen in the 1700s when she was reported to have said, "let them eat cake," after learning the peasants had no bread. Yet with more than 1 billion hungry people around the globe today, praise awaits the modern day version of this statement—"let them eat organic." More Articles >
 Right Hand and Left HandIt's an odd thing—on one hand Uncle Sam is looking for ways to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to spur jobs creation and economic recovery while on the other hand Washington is proposing a plan that I fear will destabilize crop insurance that we farmers need, lenders require, and billions of dollars in economic activity and thousands of American jobs depend upon... More Articles > |
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 Fatal Attraction: A WTO UpdateWASHINGTON (July 30, 2009)—This spring, world politicians once again revisited the idle Doha Round of international trade negotiations, doing so first at April’s G-20 Economic Summit. Here, a pledge was secured that the key players in the world economy remained..." More Articles > Grower Spotlight: Beth Clanton (Seminole, TX)I met many wonderful people on my journey through the West Texas farmlands, but few as remarkable as Beth Clanton. Eleven years ago, Clanton was a second grade school teacher in Seminole, Texas. Her husband was a peanut and cotton farmer...  Making Peanuts NowadaysTHTFUS Receives Outpouring of Support from Farm CommunityThe Long Trip to New YorkThe End-All, Be-All Defense of EthanolAmerica's Sweet Tooth Has Winners and LosersFarmers Take Pro-Ag Message to the Big AppleU.S. Farmers Rank Low on Global Subsidy ScaleCasting Blame and Cashing In—It's GrrrreatAmericans Want Their Food Red, White and BlueFarmers Hope to Grow Media Support with 'The Hand That Feeds U.S.' ProjectVisit The Hand That Feeds U.S. > |
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