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Legislative Activity

U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture

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Farm Subsidy and Conservation Numbers

Farm Bill Recommendations

Federal Recommendations

States and Regions

• A Farm Bill that Broadly Supports Agriculture: the Consensus Position of New England Departments of Agriculture on Programs for Inclusion in the 2002 Farm Bill (Conservation Law Foundation and New England Departments of Agriculture, 2001
• Farm Bill Reauthorization: New Approaches, Flexibility Needed for Western Agriculture (Western Governors' Association, 2001)
• New England Unites to Push US Farm Bill: a Major Boost for New England Farmers Sought in Federal Legislation (Conservation Law Foundation and New England Departments of Agriculture, 2001)
• States Shape the Future of Farming (Council of State Governments, Agricultural Policy Task Force, Cindy J. Lackey, 2001)

Other Recommendations

• Conservation-Related Recommendations for the 2002 Farm Bill (Northeast-Midwest Institute, 2002)
• Directions for Future Farm Policy: the Role of Government in Support of Production Agriculture Report to Congress (Commission on 21^st Century Production Agriculture, 2001)
• 2002 Farm Bill: Policy Options and Consequences (Farm Foundation, 2001)
• 2002 Farm Bill: Revitalizing the Farm Economy Through Renewable Energy Development (EESI, 2001)
• Our Public Investment in Agriculture: How America Will Benefit from the Next Farm Bill (Farm Bureau, 2001)
• Policy of the National Farmers’ Union (2001)

Farm Bill Overview, History, and Issues

• Agriculture: a List of Web Sites (Congressional Research Service)
• Agriculture Policy and Farm Bill Briefing Book (Congressional Research Service)
• Agriculture: Prospective Issues for the 107th Congress (Congressional Research Service, 2001)
• Agriculture-Related Briefing Rooms (USDA-ERS)
• A Brief History of Forestry in the Farmbill (Pinchot Institute for Conservation, 2001)
• The 2002 Farm Bill: Overview and Status (Congressional Research Service, Coordinated by Geoffrey S. Becker, 2002)
• Farm and Commodity Policy: the 2002 Farm Bill Debate (USDA-ERS, 2001)
• 2002 Farm Policy Initiative Briefing Book (National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, 2001)
• The 1996 Farm Bill: Comparison of Selected Provisions with Previous Law (Congressional Research Service, 1996)
• Farm Commodity Programs: a Short Primer (Congressional Research Service, 2001)
• Major Agriculture and Trade Legislation, 1933-1996, Appendix III of Provisions of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (USDA-ERS, Kathryn L. Lipton and Susan L. Pollack, 1996)
• Political Setting for the 2002 Farm Bill (IATP, 2001)
• US Farm Policy: the First 200 Years (USDA-ERS, 2000)

Periodicals and Listservers

• Center for Rural Affairs Newsletter
• Farm Bill News and Farm Bill Watch Listserves: News and Information Resource Center for the Farm Bill Debate (Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2001)
  • Farm Bill News Archives: Newspaper Articles on the 2002 Farm Bill
  • Farm Bill Watch Archives
    
    

Contacts at the Northeast-Midwest Institute

Allen Hance, Senior Policy Analyst, (202) 464-4015, ahance@nemw.org
Dan Wrinn, Policy Analyst, (202) 464-4020, dwrinn@nemw.org

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