Farm Credit Council

As the Farm Credit System pursues its mission of service to U.S. Agriculture and rural America, The Farm Credit Council's Legislative Action Center is a resource for System leaders, providing the latest information and news on key issues affecting our cooperatives

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Farm Bill Extension Is Added to Fiscal Agreement ...milk prices.The extension of programs in the 2008 farm law, which expired in September, represents a trimmed-down version of a plan proposed by Senate and House Agriculture committee leaders this weekend. Instead, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., offered a plan that would extend a dairy program that producers want to replace and would not include disaster assistance, according to a Senate aide.The plan also would not fund energy provisions and other expired programs...

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Revised Farm Bill to Face Gauntlet of Amendments in Senate This Week May 21, 2013 - CQ News The Senate bill proposes cutting SNAP spending by $4 billion over the next 10 years. The Congressional Budget Office estimates it will provide $18 billion in deficit reduction over the next decade. Other crops are covered by target prices under the Adverse Market Payment program, but the targets are set at levels unlikely to trigger payments with currently high market prices.

FARM BEAT: Feds target fraud in food stamp program May 21, 2013 - The Modesto Bee
Morning Briefing: Farm Bill and IRS Probes in Spotlight May 21, 2013 - CQ News
Editorial Observer: Food Stamp Politics May 21, 2013 - New York Times