How the Sequester Affects Agriculture
Thanks to the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition for helping us understand sequestration’s impact on food and agriculture: Originally Published by NSAC on March 1st, 2013 Yesterday, the Senate voted 51-49 on the Mikulski-Murray-Reid bill to replace the across-the-board automatic budget cuts (sequestration) of $85 billion for the current year, and reduce the deficit by $110 […]
A possible fix to stranded farm bill programs (and sequestration) announced in the senate
Late last week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) released the Senate Democrats’ proposal to avoid the upcoming sequestration through spending cuts and revenue increases. Included in this “American Family Economic Protection Act” proposal were a number of changes to USDA spending, many addressing shortcomings of the terrible Farm Bill extension passed in early January. […]