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Farm Bill Information

UPDATE:  In 2012, Farm Bill negotiations stalled in the face of budget talks. Congress decided to extend the 2008 Farm Bill until September of 2013. In the new Congress several bills have been introduced that are deterimental to agriculture and Farm Bureau is opposing several of those bills.  Farm Bureau continues to advocate for long term farm policy. For the current year the 2008 bill remains in force although it has been impacted by the sequester.

On January 1, 2013, Congress passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 to avert the fiscal cliff and the next day President Obama signed the Act into law. The "fiscal cliff" deal was primarily enacted to avoid automatic tax hikes and spending cuts, but also included provisions extending portions of the 2008 Farm Bill for nine months through September 30, 2013.

On June 18, 2008 Congress overrode President Bush's veto on H.R. 6124, the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, ensuring that all parts of the Farm Bill are enacted into law. Previously, Congress had passed H.R. 2419 over the President's veto, containing 14 of 15 Farm Bill titles.

 

2008 Farm Bill

2008 Farm Bill Summary 

2008 Farm Bill Total Spending Chart 

Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) Program Summary
By Sara Wyant
Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.

Farm Bill Impact on Arkansas Representative Farms
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

 Title-by-title fact sheets

  1. Commodity 

  2. Conservation 

  3. Trade 

  4. Nutrition 

  5. Credit 

  6. Rural Development 

  7. Research 

  8. Forestry 

  9. Energy 

  10. Horticulture and Organic Agriculture 

  11. Livestock 

  12. Crop Insurance 

  13. Commodity Futures 

  14. Miscellaneous 

 

 

Presentations from Farm Bureau Farm Bill Teleconference

Eric J. Wailes
L.C. Carter Professor
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
University of Arkansas

ACRE Versus Traditional Support Programs 

Mary Kay Thatcher
Director, Public Policy
American Farm Bureau Federation

Farm Bill Overview 

 

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