Farm bill

The farm bill: Left and Right on one side; special interests and the mainstream media on the other

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The farm bill: Left and Right on one side; special interests and the mainstream media on the other

Timothy P. Carney · February 3, 2014 5:00 am

New elements in the bill include an expanded crop insurance program that will include organic farmers, more money for the development of biofuels and expanded funding for farmers markets. (Thinkstock)

Farm bill moves forward in Senate with final passage expected Tuesday

Susan Ferrechio · February 3, 2014 5:00 am

House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky.Â (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Examiner Editorial: Grassroots GOP looking for Hill leaders with backbone

Washington Examiner · February 3, 2014 5:00 am

A new farm bill that could become law as soon as next week would require a choice between different subsidy approaches that require producers to suffer losses before they can get payouts. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Farm bill plows under direct payments, but farmers aren’t complaining

Associated Press · February 1, 2014 5:00 am

The House has passed an almost $100 billion-a-year, compromise farm bill that would make small cuts to food stamps and continue generous subsidies for the nation's farmers.

House passes farm bill, crop subsidies preserved

MARY CLARE JALONICK · January 29, 2014 5:00 am

Rep. Marlin Stutzman, a farmer, blasts the farm bill

Beltway Confidential

Rep. Marlin Stutzman, a farmer, blasts the farm bill

Charlie Spiering · January 29, 2014 5:00 am

What Will it Take to Kill the Farm Bill’s Wasteful Catfish Subsidy?

Mark Hemingway · January 28, 2014 9:41 pm

The bill would continue to heavily subsidize major crops such as corn, soybeans, wheat, rice and cotton but would shift many of those subsidies toward crop insurance programs. (Thinkstock)

Congress agrees on five-year farm bill

Sean Lengell · January 27, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told reporters on Thursday that he was told on Wednesday the debt ceiling would not expire until "some time in May.(Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Congress to focus on abortion funding, farm bill and flood insurance in addition to president’s speech this week

Susan Ferrechio · January 27, 2014 5:00 am

Bob Mack, right, with the South Dakota Stockgrowers Association talks about the pending farm bill in Congress on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, during a news conference in Sioux Falls, S.D. Joining Mack are Doug Sombke, left, with the South Dakota Farmers Union and U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D. (AP Photo/Carson Walker)

South Dakota waiting on word about farm bill

Washington Examiner · January 22, 2014 5:00 am

In this July 30, 2012, file photo, a farm hand stands by the harvested potato crop at King's Hill Farm at Mineral Point, Wis. Nutritionists say Americans don't need more white potatoes. But Congress has repeatedly disagreed. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong, File)

Congress wants more potatoes in government program

Washington Examiner · January 16, 2014 5:00 am

Washington, D.C., has plenty of buldings and people, but it doesn't have many farms, or farmers. Yet thousands of residents in and around the nation's capital receive millions of dollars every year in federal farm subsidies. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Millions in farm subsidies flow freely to DC residents who don’t actually farm

Susan Ferrechio · January 15, 2014 5:00 am