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In Farm Bill, Cuts Balanced by Positive Changes
(5/20/2008)
Congress finally passed the omnibus Farm Bill last week. The margins in the House (318-106) and Senate (81-15) are enough to override a possible veto by President Bush... Full Story
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PIA Grassroots Alert on Farm Bill Provisions
(11/6/2007)
The U.S. Senate is scheduled to take up the Farm Bill on the Senate floor this week... Full Story
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Senate Finance Committee Adds Disaster Trust Fund to Farm Bill
(10/10/2007)
The Senate Finance Committee has approved the creation of a $5 billion fund that would compensate farmers hit by weather-related losses over the next five years... Full Story
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Elimination of Crop PRPs Must Survive Full Appropriations Committee This Week
(5/17/2006)
On May 3, the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee approved an $18.4 billion discretionary spending bill with language that would forbid the sale of discounted crop insurance for the second straight year... Full Story
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House Ag Subcommittee Zero-Funds Crop PRPs
(5/9/2006)
The House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee last Wednesday approved an $18.4 billion discretionary spending bill with language that would forbid the sale of discounted crop insurance for the second straight year... Full Story
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USDA/RMA Using Satellites to Fight Crop Insurance Fraud
(2/1/2006)
The Agriculture Department’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) is making increasing use of satellites that have long been used to monitor crop conditions to obtain evidence against farmers involved in crop insurance fraud... Full Story
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PIA Meets With New USDA/RMA Administrator
(12/20/2005)
On Monday, December 19, PIA National staff members Pat Borowski and Kellie Bray met with the new Administrator of the USDA’s Risk Management Agency, Eldon Gould. Specific areas of discussion included... Full Story
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PIA Members Attend Crop Meeting on Preventing Fraud in Crop Insurance
(10/25/2005)
Two PIA members attended a meeting called to discuss the development of a campaign to combat crop insurance program vulnerability associated with fraud, waste and abuse... Full Story
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