Disaster Relief for Ag Producers
"The appropriate place to address agriculture
disaster is in the agriculture appropriations bill. However, we will need
to refine and improve this disaster package based upon current circumstances.
For example, the current disaster package provides assistance only for losses
for the 2005 crop-year. Unfortunately, the losses in 2006 appear to be more
extensive, more widespread, and more severe than the 2005 losses." -
Chairman Chambliss, Oct 5 Senate
speech
Why Trade Talks Stalled...
Ag Chairman Saxby Chambliss told European
Union trade negotiator Peter Mandelson that the EU must respond in a commensurate
manner to the United States' significant, original opening offer made in October
2005.
Chambliss: the key to success
is meaningful access of U.S. farmers to European
markets.
(both links are :14 sec audio files) (free
audio
software)
Open Markets: Ag Chairman's View
Duty-free trade for coorperative
nations needing help
31 Senators Write
Korean President on U.S. Beef
American Beef - on
a limited Japanese menu
Doha
Talks Cool Off - US farmers still
listening
21 nations call for strong
market access
Importance of access for all:
real and meaningful
The Next Farm Bill
Review and comment on any of the 8 field hearings...
make informal comments anytime by webform.
Replay all field hearings or
read witness statements.
Hearings Examine Rural Concerns:
Conservation's Technical
Service Providers...
Dairy...USDA
Rural
Development ... Farm
credit loans...
Conservation
on farmlands...Peanut
program... Sugar...
Rural
Broadband... Biofuels
outlook
Fielding the Farm Bill
On-line help for
producers, and on-the-record talk about the next
Farm Bill with Chairman Saxby Chambliss.
Save fertilizer input costs: Calculate your nitrogen fertilizer
needs with USDA's
on-line estimator tool.
Homeland Security: Keeping America's Food and Agriculture Safe