POSTED IN Current Farm Policy ON May 21, 2013
Foreign Food Dependence: A History Lesson
by Rene Pastor It’s hard to imagine food rationing was part of daily life in the United States, especially when you can go into your grocery store...
POSTED IN Current Farm Policy ON May 16, 2013
Total Farm Safety Net Spending Drops By Two-Thirds as More Farmers Purchase Crop Insurance
Total government spending on farm safety net programs – including all commodity programs and crop insurance – dropped by two-thirds from fiscal...
POSTED IN Current Farm Policy ON May 13, 2013
As U.S. Farm Bill Negotiations Begin, Brazil Doubling Down On Ag Subsidies
by Tonya Allen As the United States Congress begins negotiating a new five-year Farm Bill and discussing major spending reductions, Brazil, one of...
POSTED IN Current Farm Policy ON May 7, 2013
Brazil and the Anti-Farm Lobby – Strange Bedfellows
by Tonya Allen The old saying is that politics makes for strange bedfellows. Case in point: Brazil and U.S. farm policy critics. It’s really no...
POSTED IN Current Farm Policy ON May 6, 2013
Setting the Record Straight on Crop Insurance
By Thomas P. Zacharias Admittedly, opponents of farm policy attract more headlines than the men and women who put food on our tables and clothes on...
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by Rene Pastor It’s hard to imagine food rationing was part of daily life in the United States, especially when you...
Total Farm Safety Net Spending Drops By Two-Thirds as More Farmers Purchase Crop Insurance
Total government spending on farm safety net programs – including all commodity programs and crop insurance –...
As U.S. Farm Bill Negotiations Begin, Brazil Doubling Down On Ag Subsidies
by Tonya Allen As the United States Congress begins negotiating a new five-year Farm Bill and discussing major...
Brazil and the Anti-Farm Lobby – Strange Bedfellows
by Tonya Allen The old saying is that politics makes for strange bedfellows. Case in point: Brazil and U.S. farm...
Setting the Record Straight on Crop Insurance
posted on: May 6, 2013 | author: FarmPolicyFacts
By Thomas P. Zacharias Admittedly, opponents of farm policy attract more headlines than the men and women who put food on our tables and clothes on...
Billings Gazette Guest Opinion: Keep Crop Insurance Affordable in New Farm Bill
posted on: Apr 30, 2013 | author: FarmPolicyFacts
by Bing Von Bergen There is a lot of buzz in Washington again this year about the prospects of a farm bill. For those of us in agriculture, a...
Food Scarcity: The Cost of Failure
posted on: Apr 25, 2013 | author: FarmPolicyFacts
This is the first in a series of articles that will examine the cost of failure when strong farm policy is not enacted. Food scarcity: it is not...
