Make sure your voice is heard - register to vote, learn how to vote early or by absentee ballot and find candidates seeking office in where you live.
AFBF Supports Renewable Fuel Provisions in Levin Bill
Jul 28, 2010 — Farm Bureau Newsroom House Ways and Means Chairman Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.) has released a discussion draft of the Domestic Manufacturing and Jobs Act of 2010. The bill includes a number of renewable fuels provisions supported by Farm Bureau. The legislation would extend the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit for ethanol and small ethanol producers tax credit for [...]
- Bill Would Help Farmers, Communities in Bay WatershedJul 28, 2010 — Farm Bureau Newsroom
- Obama: ‘Our current energy policy is unsustainable’Jul 27, 2010 — USA Today
- Among House Democrats in Rust Belt, a sense of abandonment over energy billJul 26, 2010 — Washington Post
A sound farm program benefits all Americans: from the producers in the field to the consumer's table, including a significant investment in nutrition programs.Farm Bureau believes farm and food policies are a wise investment in our nation's health, and the future of American-grown food, fuel, fiber and feed. Current disaster packages...
Where We Stand
- Crop disaster programs leave many farmers without hope for meaningful assistance when they are hardest hit by natural disasters.
- Agricultural disasters occur every year, and in 2009 many of these disasters occurred on farms that will not be eligible for assistance under SURE.
Latest News On Disaster Assistance
- Gulf of Mexico Has Long Been a Sink of PollutionJul 30, 2010 — New York Times
- BP Disaster Reignites California's Anti-Drilling FervorJul 29, 2010 — New York Times
- BRIEFJul 29, 2010 — St. Joseph News-Press
- Aggie brand energy on the wayJul 29, 2010 — The Eagle
- Augusta cited for smoggy air againJul 29, 2010 — The Augusta Chronicle
- Bipartisan blame for Senate botching energy billJul 29, 2010 — The Dallas Morning News
- EPA calls a halt to Dworshak projectJul 28, 2010 — Lewiston Morning Tribune
- Pennsylvania towns get more time to develop storm-water plansJul 28, 2010 — The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Michael Batterberry, Influential Food Editor, Dies at 78Jul 30, 2010 — New York Times
- As Europe Seeks to Ban Food Made From Clones, Some Makes Its Way to MarketJul 29, 2010 — New York Times
- Venezuela-Colombia spat to pass, returnJul 29, 2010 — The Miami Herald
- Native American farmers and ranchers press USDA on bias complaintsJul 30, 2010 — Washington Post
- Ballpark scores high on food-safety test, but tony club's marks don't cut itJul 29, 2010 — Philadelphia Daily News
- Futures in the farm industryJul 29, 2010 — Grand Forks Herald
- Bellingham wind company receives grant for community wind turbineJul 29, 2010 — The Bellingham Herald
- Bipartisan blame for Senate botching energy billJul 29, 2010 — The Dallas Morning News
- California Republicans shunning one traditional path to victoryJul 29, 2010 — Los Angeles Times
- Bush tax cuts: Keep some, allow others to expireJul 29, 2010 — Los Angeles Times
- Chicago Tribune John Kass columnJul 29, 2010 — Chicago Tribune
- Grafton housing plan goes nationwideJul 29, 2010 — The Telegraph (Alton, Ill.)
- As Europe Seeks to Ban Food Made From Clones, Some Makes Its Way to MarketJul 29, 2010 — New York Times
- Thicke promotes ambitious state agricultural agendaJul 29, 2010 — The Hawk Eye
- A Little Surf, A Little Turf At Fish and Chops New Restaurant In SouthingtonJul 28, 2010 — The Hartford Courant
