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Senate rejects farm bill food stamp changes By: DANIEL LOOKER 05/21/2013 @ 5:58pm

The Senate defeated two amendments to change food stamp spending in a farm bill being debated on the floor Tuesday. One, introduced by Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) would ...

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Ag committee's new alliances By: DANIEL LOOKER 05/16/2013 @ 11:09am

Just before the House Agriculture Committee finished debating its farm bill late Wednesday night, a freshman Democrat ...

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Better margin for House farm bill By: DANIEL LOOKER 05/16/2013 @ 7:10am

Just before midnight Wednesday, the House Agriculture Committee voted 36 to 10 to advance its own version of a farm ...

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House progresses on farm bill By: DANIEL LOOKER 05/15/2013 @ 4:38pm

As bitterly divided over food stamp spending as a year ago, the House Agriculture Committee worked halfway through its 576-page farm bill by midafternoon Wednesday. It approved commodity programs that put more ...

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Senate tacks on conservation compliance By: DANIEL LOOKER 05/14/2013 @ 7:58pm

When it approved a new farm bill Tuesday, the Senate Agriculture Committee formally adopted a conservation compliance compromise worked out between farm groups and conservation advocates.The compromise drops a ...

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Senate Committee advances farm bill By: DANIEL LOOKER 05/13/2013 @ 11:00pm

By a vote of 15-5, members of the Senate Agriculture Committee approved a farm bill Tuesday that is projected to save almost $24 billion in federal spending over a decade. It continues some of last year's ...

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Southern crops rise in farm bill By: DANIEL LOOKER 05/13/2013 @ 1:58pm

Nostalgic prints of cotton farming scenes hang from the walls of Danny and Jo Anne Murphy's farm home outside of Canton, Mississippi. In one, families crowd a country road to watch a crop duster swoop ...

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7 top farm bill debate questions By: Agriculture.com Staff 05/08/2013 @ 9:50am

Farm bill markup likely will begin soon in both the Senate and House Agricultural committees. Much of the focus for traditional program crops will be around three programs: a revenue program, a target price ...

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