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White House Kicks Off Rural Tour; USDA
Blogging It
(07-02-09) -- Vice President Joe Biden and others
this week kicked off the first stop of an
Obama Administration “rural tour”.
NASS Says 2009 Wheat Acres Down 5 Percent
from 2008
(07-02-09) -- A plantings report issued by USDA’s
National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS) this week showed all wheat area
is estimated to be down 5 percent in
2009 from 2008.
Op-Ed: Why NAWG Supports Climate Change
Legislation
(07-02-09) -- Though not an easy decision, NAWG
supported passage of climate legislation
approved by the House in late June. This
is a controversial position, but one we
feel was made with a sense of
practicality and inevitability.
Climate Change Bill Clears House After Ag
Deal Struck
(06-26-09) -- The House of Representatives approved
controversial climate change
legislation, known formally as the
American Clean Energy Security Act
(ACES), late Friday by a 219 to 212
vote.
Younggren to House Ag: Producers Need SURE
Rules
(06-26-09) -- NAWG Secretary-Treasurer Erik Younggren
traveled to Washington this week to
testify on farm bill implementation
before the House Agriculture Committee’s
Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities
and Risk Management.
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