Agriculture

Bottom Feeders Take a Bite Out of the Farm Bill
On June 10, 2013 the Senate passed its version of the 2013 Farm Bill, which included a provision to create a new catfish inspection office at the Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). Senators John McCain (R-...

CCAGW Blasts 46 “Fiscal Conservatives” for Farm Bill Votes
CCAGW Blasts 46 “Fiscal Conservatives” for Farm Bill Votes

Ensure Open Process on “Farm-Only” Farm Bill!
Ensure Open Process on “Farm-Only” Farm Bill!

CAGW Issues Spending Cut Alert: House Energy & Water Appropriations
CAGW Issues Spending Cut Alert: House Energy & Water Appropriations

CCAGW Points to Rogues’ Gallery of Sugar Cartel Republicans
CCAGW Points to Rogues’ Gallery of Sugar Cartel Republicans

No Sweeter Time for Sugar Reform
Among the bevy of wasteful, misguided, market-distorting policies that comprise U.S. agricultural policy, perhaps none is more convoluted or a product of cronyism than the commodity support program for sugar.

CCAGW Signs Letter to Hill on Dairy Reform Gone Sour
CCAGW Signs Letter to Hill on Dairy Reform Gone Sour

2013 Farm Bill Update - Time to Plant Better Policies
During the 112th Congress, progress was made by both the House and Senate to enact a new Farm Bill. As the House and Senate Agriculture Committees prepare to mark up draft Farm Bills in mid-May, they should examine the progress, as well as the...

Sugar! Oh, Help Me, Help Me!
“Sugar, Sugar” was the Number One single of 1969.