A bipartisan beef labeling vote advances in the Senate, but Chairman John
Boozman called completing a farm bill before the election a "miracle" as
negotiations remain unresolved.
BBeef Labeling Advances in Senate
Nebraska's Public Service Commission filed a complaint against The
Andersons for failing to pay a grain producer for 17 grain loads.
BAndersons' Nebr. Grain License At Risk
Although lawmakers agreed on several farm policy priorities, the Senate
Agriculture Committee failed to advance the farm bill, 10-11, sending the fight
over a two-year SNAP cost-share delay into September while the manager's
amendment and MCOOL passed.
FCommittee Deadlocks Over SNAP
Recent Sales Results From Poweshiek County, Iowa; Pottawatomie and Jackson
counties, Kansas; Wells County, North Dakota; and Brookings County, South Dakota
I^Landwatch Weekly
The Minnesota Farmfest show hosted an outlook forum with farm economists
and a commodity analyst looking at finances and market conditions. That was
followed by standing-room-only debates for governor and U.S. Senate races in
the state that included the ranking members of both the Senate and House
agriculture committees.
BEconomics and Politics at Farmfest
