|
 | Agricultural Organizations Band Together In Support of Resolutions Opposing EPA&##8217;s Greenhouse Gas Regulation Plan 03/12/2010
The NCC coordinated a letter, signed by 175 agricultural organizations, to Representatives Joe Barton (R-TX) and Ike Skelton (D-MO) acknowledging support of the legislators&##8217; actions against a greenhouse gas regulation plan.
| | Greenhouse Regulation Disapproval Resolutions Supported 03/11/2010
The NCC was among 175 organizations which signed onto a letter to Reps. Barton (R-TX) and Skelton (D-MO) conveying support for those legislators' introduction of resolutions of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act regarding EPA's decision to move forward on regulating carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.
| | Sens. Lincoln-Chambliss Issue Statement on Brazil Retaliation Efforts Aimed at US Cotton 03/09/2010
US Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Chairman Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), and Ranking Member Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), expressed disappointment after Brazil said it is moving forward on retaliation for injuries due to the US cotton program and the export credit guarantee program (GSM-102).
| | NCC's Statement on Brazil&##8217;s Retaliatory Trade Measures Announcement 03/08/2010
The NCC said that given world cotton market conditions and the dramatic changes that have been made in the U.S. cotton program, Brazil&##8217;s latest actions are imposing unwarranted harm on Brazilian and American interests in times of economic hardship for all.
| | USDA To Issue Partial '09-CCP 03/05/2010
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced on March 5 that USDA will issue approximately $121 million in partial '09-crop counter-cyclical payments to producers with upland cotton and peanut base acres enrolled in USDA's Direct and Counter-cyclical Payment program.
|
|
|
|