Farm Bill

Sustainability in the Farm Bill

This week, the Senate will vote on 40 final amendments to the Farm Bill. One amendment the Senate should support comes from Senators Wyden and Harkin. The amendment would restore sustainable production criteria to the Bioenergy Crop Transition Assistance Program (BCTAP) within the Farm Bill's Energy Title.

Understanding the Farm Bill

Analysis of the 2007 Farm Bill was produced by IATP as a collection of five fact sheets under the title “Understanding the Farm Bill” to target the impacts of the Farm Bill in specific areas.

Middle Ground on Subsidies

Here we are right in the middle of writing of the 2007 Farm Bill and the debate hasn't changed much over the last decade - it's still about subsidies. There's a whole host of organizations claiming to represent the interests of the environment, taxpayers, poor country farmers, and free traders who want to slash subsidies.
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