CFRA Opinion Editorials
- 07/01/2008Over the past two years, it has become abundantly clear that the biofuels revolution will have dramatic and lasting impacts. No matter the issue- agriculture, climate change, rural economics- biofuels are shaping the future. But the so-called "invisible hand" of market economics is not behind the rise in biofuels production. Instead, it is Congress and the political process that have created a new reality for agriculture, rural America and all of America.
- 05/02/2007Democratic congressional candidates scour the countryside for votes by proclaiming themselves the champion of the family farmer and little guy. Now they control both houses of Congress. It’s time for them to put up or shut up by addressing the long-festering need for limiting farm subsidies to mega farms in the 2007 farm bill.
- 12/01/2006Now that we have moved beyond the 2006 elections, our representatives will head to Washington. Chief among their duties is to pass laws, and one of the most important tasks of this Congress will be to pass a piece of legislation known as the 2007 farm bill.
- 10/29/2006
So far this summer, there have been twenty Congressional farm bill field hearings, sixteen held by the House of Representatives Agriculture Committee and four held by their counterparts in the Senate. The primary focus of the testimony and discussion at these hearings has focused on commodity subsidies and major farm program payments.
