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May 31, 2012
| AgriNews
Peterson gets feedback on target price proposal
Congressman Collin Peterson wanted feedback on farm bill proposals and farmers delivered it during a series of six farm bill update meetings held throughout the 7th District. Many farmers at Peterson's Fergus Falls stop supported his proposal for target prices.
May 30, 2012
| Minnesota Farm Guide
Peterson pushes for Farm Bill 2012 completion by Aug. 5
“We are in imminent mode here to finalize the farm bill for this year,” Peterson said on May 18.
May 30, 2012
| Redwood Gazette
Collin Peterson talks about federal farm bill progress
By the August recess, the 2012 federal farm bill should be in place. That was the message Seventh Congressional District Congressman Collin Peterson shared with a group of farmers and ag business leaders this past Friday afternoon.
May 29, 2012
| Fargo Forum
Dairy farmers deserve plan to end constant ups, downs
To our credit, dairy farmers have used the pain of the recent past to come up with our own solution. It was introduced by Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., last fall as the Dairy Security Act. Peterson consulted with dairy farmers across the country, as well as in Minnesota, on the most economically sensible and politically acceptable way to reformulate dairy policy
May 29, 2012
| Willmar West Central Tribune
U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson tells Olivia, Minn., crowd important debate is ahead
U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson is optimistic that Congress will pass a new farm bill before its August recess, but a debate with important consequences for his district looms in the weeks ahead.
May 25, 2012
| WDAZ
Rep. Collin Peterson Outlines Likely Cuts to Farm Bill
Peterson predicts about $30 billion will be cut from the bill over the next ten years. About 80 percent of all spending from the Farm Bill goes toward domestic food assistance for things like food stamps and school lunch programs.
May 25, 2012
| Crookston Daily Times
Peterson: House, Senate differ on farm bill
He's hoping to get valuable feedback from growers in his district during a series of farm bill update meetings he's hosting. Monday's session at UMC attracted around 40 growers and agriculture officials from the region. He figures the Senate version of the bill will go to the floor in early June, and that the House will follow a couple weeks later. He'd like the bill to be in the conference committee by July in order to provide enough time to hammer out a compromise bill before Congress' August recess.
May 18, 2012
| DL-Online
At the Festival of Birds: Trumpeting the return of the swan
The project began to gain momentum in the early 1980s, with the establishment of the Nongame Wildlife Checkoff program — which now raises $1.2 million a year for nongame wildlife preservation in Minnesota. Henderson credited U.S. Congressman Collin Peterson — who was then a state legislator — with helping to get the legislation passed to establish that program back in 1980
May 11, 2012
| National Association of Wheat Growers
Anticipation Builds for Action in Senate, House on Farm Bill
Anticipation is building for 2012 Farm Bill action in the coming weeks, with reauthorization before the current bill’s expiration on Sept. 30 looking possible.
May 4, 2012
| Hutchinson Leader
EDITORIAL: Misguided labor rule
Seventh District Congressman Collin Peterson probably said it best: “This proposed rule didn’t make a lot of sense and seemed to be put together by people who don’t understand agriculture.”
