Controversy today heightened over the House Republican leadership's decision to move the farm bill process via a one-year extension of the farm bill. Many lawmakers and farm groups are opposed to an extension without an explicit and direct path to conference. They want a five-year bill, while others -- mainly conservative groups -- want a one-year extension in lieu of the five-year legislation.Here are some of the comments that have been made about this issue:
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack said the extension is "just an excuse not to put in the work to build a coalition." American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman said the extension "does nothing to help hog or poultry producers, little to provide assistance to the dairy ind...
Fabiana is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, native to dry slopes in western South America.[1] They are evergreen shrubs or subshrubs,[1] with needle-like leaves and profuse tiny tubular flowers in summer. The common name is false heath because the leaves superficially resem...
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