http://www.mail.com/people/2902-frank-lucas.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/2902-frank-lucas.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2092632-rising-consumer-demands-aids-organic-industry-sway.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The organic food industry is gaining influence on Capitol Hill, prompted by its entry into traditional farm states and by increasing consumer demand. That's not going over well with everyone in Congress. Tensions between conventional and organic agriculture boiled over this week during a late-night House Agriculture Committee debate on f... Fri, 17 May 2013 15:41:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2092632-rising-consumer-demands-aids-organic-industry-sway.html 2013-05-17T15:41:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2089620-deep-divide-congress-domestic-food-aid.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The House and Senate Agriculture Committees laid the groundwork this week for reducing the size of the federal food stamp program, approving farm bills that would shrink food aid and alter the way people qualify for it. The two chambers are far apart on how much the $80 billion-a-year program should be cut, however, reflecting a deep ide... Thu, 16 May 2013 18:42:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2089620-deep-divide-congress-domestic-food-aid.html 2013-05-16T18:42:17Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2086634-house-panel-oks-farm-bill-with-food-stamp-cuts.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Agriculture Committee on Wednesday approved a sweeping farm bill that would trim the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program. The panel rebuffed Democratic efforts to keep the food stamp program whole, as debate on the farm bill turned into a theological discourse on helping the poor. The House bill would cut about $2.5 billion a... Thu, 16 May 2013 04:10:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2086634-house-panel-oks-farm-bill-with-food-stamp-cuts.html 2013-05-16T04:10:15Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2083754-senate-panel-approves-massive-farm-bill.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Agriculture Committee on Tuesday approved a massive five-year farm bill that would cut spending while also creating new subsidies for farmers. The legislation approved 15-5 includes concessions to Southern rice and peanut farmers, thanks to a new top Republican on the committee, Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran. The bill eliminat... Tue, 14 May 2013 20:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2083754-senate-panel-approves-massive-farm-bill.html 2013-05-14T20:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2072408-cuts-food-stamps.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The government's food stamp program, which helps feed 1 in every 7 America, was one of the few programs exempted from this year's automatic spending cuts. But now it is likely to get trimmed. Unresolved is by how much. The Democratic chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee is only willing to take roughly one-half of 1 percent, or ab... Wed, 08 May 2013 20:32:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2072408-cuts-food-stamps.html 2013-05-08T20:32:42Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1926012-farm-bill-would-save-than-thought.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Farm bills passed by the Senate and a House committee last year would save far less money than previously thought, according to a new estimate released Friday. A report from the Congressional Budget Office says a Senate-passed farm bill would save $1.3 billion annually, as opposed to the $2.3 billion per year in savings estimated last ye... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:08:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1926012-farm-bill-would-save-than-thought.html 2013-03-01T23:08:52Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1798584-farm-bill-extension-evidence-lost-clout.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A patchwork extension of federal farm programs passed as part of a larger "fiscal cliff" bill keeps the price of milk from rising but doesn't include many of the goodies that farm-state lawmakers are used to getting for their rural districts. House and Senate Agriculture Committee leaders who spent more than a year working on a half-tril... Fri, 04 Jan 2013 01:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1798584-farm-bill-extension-evidence-lost-clout.html 2013-01-04T01:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1792858-deal-will-prevent-spike-milk-prices.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A potential doubling of milk prices will be averted as part of the compromise that White House and congressional bargainers reached on wide-ranging legislation to avert the "fiscal cliff," a leading senator said late Monday. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., told reporters that negotiators had agreed to ex... Tue, 01 Jan 2013 04:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1792858-deal-will-prevent-spike-milk-prices.html 2013-01-01T04:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1792374-deal-reached-stopping-spike-milk-prices.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The top leaders in both parties on the House and Senate Agriculture committees have agreed to a one-year extension of the 2008 farm bill that expired in October, a move that could head off a possible doubling of milk prices next month. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., indicated the House could vote on the b... Mon, 31 Dec 2012 01:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1792374-deal-reached-stopping-spike-milk-prices.html 2012-12-31T01:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1746462-ag-chair-shes-open-to-food-stamp-cuts.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee says she is willing to consider higher cuts to the food stamp program in an effort to include a massive five-year farm bill in negotiations on the so-called fiscal cliff. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said that cuts to the food stamp program beyond the $4 billion over 10 year... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1746462-ag-chair-shes-open-to-food-stamp-cuts.html 2012-12-05T22:57:00Z