Senate includes organic provisions in its version of the Farm Bill

Date:   12/14/2007 3:38:30 PM ( 17 y ago)

1;37 PM
December 14, 07


Senate today passes its version of the Farm Bill
In a major milestone, the U.S. Senate today approved its version of the Farm Bill in a 79 to 14 vote. Included are funding and direction for key organic priorities, including a sense that organic research be funded at a level commensurate with its share of national agricultural production. Some of the other provisions allot funds for organic data collection and certification cost share; would bar the U.S. Department of Agriculture from charging a premium surcharge on organic crop insurance: and would add organic production as an eligible activity in the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. The Senate version and the version approved this summer by the U.S. House of Representatives must go to conference to settle any difference before a final bill is voted on by Congress. ---
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