House Agriculture Committee Markup of Farm Bill Postponed Until July
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 The full House Agriculture Committee was expected to take up the dairy title and other elements of the Farm Bill this week, but that hearing has now been postponed until after Congress's July 4th recess. More ...
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Senate to Tackle Immigration Reform Again
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 The Senate is expected to bring the immigration bill back to the floor this week in another attempt to pass a comprehensive package of reforms. The bill number of the compromise legislation that NMPF supports has been changed from S. 1348 to S. 1639 to incorporate the amendments passed under the previous round of debate. More ...
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WTO Talks Again Produce No Agreement
 A meeting of four highly-influential World Trade Organization members - the U.S., the EU, Brazil and India - suddenly broke down last week before negotiations were scheduled to end. The primary reason for the breakdown in negotiations was an inability to move forward on the issue of Non-Agricultural Market Access. More ... |
U.S. and Cuba Trade Legislation Introduced
| New legislation has been introduced in the Senate and House to improve agricultural trade between the U.S. and Cuba. The "Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2007," introduced by Sens. Baucus and Crapo, and Representatives Rangel and Emerson, would help better facilitate the export of U.S. agricultural goods to Cuba. More ... |
NMPF Awards National Dairy Leadership Scholarships
| The NMPF Scholarship Committee recently awarded $12,000 in scholarships to four deserving Ph.D. and graduate level students pursuing research in the dairy industry as part of the 2007 NMPF National Dairy Leadership Scholarship Program. More ... |
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