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There was a lot of back-patting and hand-shaking Thursday as U.S. House and Senate conference committee leaders held a press conference to tout the completion of the new farm bill.
Key negotiators were Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, D-Minn., each profusely thanking all of the participants who [...]

The long saga of the 2007 Farm Bill is about to come to an end.
Congressional agriculture leaders announced Wednesday that a final deal has been hammered out and the finished conference report of the 2007 Farm Bill would be unveiled Thursday.
A press conference will be held Thursday afternoon in Washington, D.C., where Senate [...]

A key provision that would have reduced the power of large meatpacking companies to manipulate livestock markets was stripped from the new farm bill Thursday.

A big cut in the most controversial of farm subsidies was approved in late-night farm bill negotiations Thursday.

Calling farm subsidies “unnecessary,” Sen. John McCain rejected the recently announced farm bill compromise in a Des Moines appearance Thursday.

There may finally be a deal to break the impasse on the farm bill.

Congress approved yet another one-week extension of current farm policy Thursday, giving farm bill negotiators another chance to finally resolve their differences and finish their work.

Congress will give the Farm Bill Conference Committee a week of breathing room to resolve its differences and finish the farm bill.

Rep. Leonard Boswell believes family farms and small towns provide the heartbeat of America. The six-term Democratic congressman from Iowa's 3rd District has always had a passion for agriculture and now serves in a leadership position on the House Agriculture Committee.

Rep. Leonard Boswell, D-Iowa, was appointed Wednesday to serve on the conference committee that will negotiate the new farm bill.

The move by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to name conferees is a big step forward for the farm bill. According to rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, a conference report must be produced within 20 [...]