Farm Bill
2008 Farm Bill meeting with U.S. Senator Ken Salazar (Cortez, CO)
Submitted by denise on June 26, 2008 - 6:55am.May 16, 2008--Senate easily passes farm bill (Denver Post)
Congress responded speedily to voters' angst over rising grocery prices and $4-a-gallon gasoline Thursday, bucking President Bush's veto threats with lopsided votes to boost food
May 16, 2008--Growing pains for farmers (Denver Post)
The baking trade cajoles farmers to take land out of environmental reserve and grow more wheat to lower prices. Bird hunters
May 9, 2008--Colorado legislators key in drafting farm bill, urge Bush's approval (Fort Collins Now)
Negotiators in the U.S. Congress announced their final agreement Thursday on a $300 million farm bill, and as the White
February 22, 2008--Water, rural support top farm bill: Salazar (Fort Morgan Times)
U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., said the new farm bill, which he believes will soon pass, will contribute to national conservation efforts.
January 2, 2008--Congress leaves water business unfinished (American Water Works Association)
When Congress left town for Thanksgiving, only one of the 12 annual appropriations bills had been signed into law, that for the US Department of Defense.
December 17, 2007--Senate passes Farm Bill strong on bioenergy, conservation (Environmental News Service)
The U.S. Senate Friday approved a $286 billion farm bill shepherded through by Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa, who chairs the Agriculture Committee.
November 15, 2007--Farm bill stalls in partisan fight (Pueblo Chieftain)
Democrats won a majority in the Senate a year ago, but Republicans still hold enough seats to thwart Democratic spending bills - including the $288 billion farm bill that is now mired in the partis
September 27, 2007--USDA Farm Bill: Roots of change (Boulder Weekly)
Dan Imhoff, the author of Food Fight: The Citizen’s Guide to a Food and Farm Bill, says the current legislation pits large industrial corporations against small farmers here and abroad and ne
