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> From: "Bill Redding" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>, <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: FW: ACTION NEEDED ON FARM BILL
> TODAY!...plus update on House activity
> Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 15:42:00 -0500
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 2:12 PM
> To: Recipient list suppressed
> Subject: ACTION NEEDED ON FARM BILL TODAY!...plus
> update on House activity
>
>
> NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
> www.SustainableAgriculture.net
>
>
> ACTION NEEDED ON FARM BILL TODAY
>
>
> The Farm Bill debate is moving fast in the House and
> Senate.  This is the
> first of many action alerts to be issued by the
> National Campaign on the
> Farm Bill because it is the action YOU take that
> will make all the
> difference.
>
>
>
> Tell your Congressperson that the Farm Bill
> “concepts” proposed by
> Congressmen Combest and Stenholm fall far short of
> what our nation needs!
>
>
> The next Farm Bill is being debated in the House
> Agriculture Committee this
> week.  House Ag Committee Chairman Larry Combest and
> Ranking Minority Member
> Charles Stenholm have issued draft farm bill
> “concepts” that will likely
> form the foundation of a joint Combest-Stenholm
> bill.  The Combest-Stenholm
> proposal falls far short of the comprehensive Farm
> Bill the National
> Campaign and its partners have been working for.
>
> A brief summary of the Combest-Stenholm proposal is
> included at the end of
> this alert.  See for yourself what they are
> proposing at
> http://agriculture.house.gov/farmbill.htm.
>
>
> The Combest-Stenholm proposal:
>
> Does not adequately promote stewardship of farmland
> in active production.
>
> Does not provide family farms and ranches and
> agricultural communities with
> adequate resources to pursue entrepreneurial
> solutions that are good for
> families, their communities, consumers and the
> environment.
>
> Does not create conditions whereby farmers get fair
> prices from the
> marketplace and are no longer dependent upon
> government payments.
>
> Does not address fundamental issues related to the
> restoration of
> competition in the domestic agricultural
> marketplace, will not prevent
> further agribusiness concentration, and does not
> ensure fair dealings for
> farmers and ranchers engaged in contract
> agriculture.
>
> Does not promote agriculture as a cornerstone of
> rural development.
>
> Does not address the needs of beginning farmers and
> ranchers.
>
> Does not address the needs of limited-resource and
> socially disadvantaged
> farmers.
>
>
> Tell your Congressperson to support a Farm Bill that
> works!
>
>
> The Capitol Switchboard number is 202-224-3121. Ask
> for your Representative
> by name and they will connect you. Ask to speak with
> the legislative aide
> who handles agriculture. If you get voice mail,
> leave a short message and/or
> ask to be called back.
>
> Tell your Congressperson the next Farm Bill must:
>
> Create conditions whereby farmers get fair prices
> from the marketplace and
> are no longer dependent upon government payments,
> restore competition to,
> and stem concentration in the food and agriculture
> system, reform farm
> income programs to remove biases against
> family-scale farms, mandate fair
> dealing in contracts, and remove barriers to
> sustainable farming systems.
>
> Promote stewardship by farmers and ranchers of
> farmland in active production
> and promote conservation spending that protects and
> improves the quality of
> soil, water, air, wildlife, habitat and
> biodiversity.
>
> Promote family farm and ranch entrepreneurship
> through programs that provide
> resources for innovative ideas that enable farm and
> ranch families and their
> communities to reap a greater share of food system
> profits, promote a
> diverse and vital family farm sector, help
> agricultural communities thrive,
> give consumers greater choice, and encourage
> beginning farmers.
>
> Remove institutional barriers to, and biases
> against, family-scale
> agriculture in government programs by making
> agriculture-based development a
> cornerstone of rural development, promote greater
> inter-agency and
> inter-program coordination and greater involvement
> by community-based
> organizations, ensure equal access to programs by
> all farmers and ranchers,
> and create outreach and technical assistance
> programs targeted to those most
> underserved and socially disadvantaged.
>
>
>
> Learn about the Farm Bill initiatives of the
> National Campaign for
> Sustainable Agriculture!
>
> * Stewardship Incentives *
> * Resources for Agricultural Community
> Revitalization and Enterprise *
> * Competition and Concentration *
> * Family Farm Income *
> * Beginning Farmer and Rancher *
> * Agricultural and Rural Entrepreneurship *
> And more….
>
>
> The National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture
> has drafted initiatives
> for the Farm Bill specifically to address the needs
> discussed above.  You
> can learn about these initiatives by visiting our
> website at
> www.sustainableagriculture.net.
>
>
>
> ** Brief Background on the Combest-Stenholm Farm
> Bill Concepts **
>
>
> The House Agriculture Committee is debating the new
> farm bill this week with
> plans to begin voting next week (on 7/26).  The
> chairman and ranking member
> of the Committee -- Rep. Larry Combest (R-TX) and
> Rep. Charles Stenholm
> (D-TX) -- have issued the outline of the actual bill
> that will be the
> starting point for all further action.  Of the $174
> billion in mandatory
> spending made available over the next 10 years for
> the farm bill in the
> congressional budget, the Combest-Stenholm proposal
> would spend $120 billion
> or 70% for commodity program payments, $37 billion
> (21%) on conservation
> programs, and the remainder on nutrition, rural
> development, research, and
> export subsidies.
>
> On the commodity program front, the outline
> includes, with only modest
> revision, the AMTA payments and marketing loan
> payments (including loan
> deficiency payments) from the 1996 Freedom to Farm
> bill and adds on top of
> that current stream of payments a new
> “counter-cyclical” payment that is
> based on the target price/deficiency payment
> structure that predated Freedom
> to Farm.  The proposal would continue an $80,000
> payment limit on AMTA,
> apply a new $150,000 limit on counter-cyclical
> payments, and, as is
> currently the case, effectively have no limitation
> on marketing loan gains.
>
> The bill also provides funding for the sugar, dairy,
> peanut, and wool and
> mohair programs.
>
> On the conservation program front, the outline
> includes a major increase in
> money for the Environmental Quality Incentives
> Program (from $200
> million/year currently to $1.2 billion/year) but at
> the same time would
> radically change the program.  Rather than the
> current 5-10 year EQIP
> contracts and long-term conservation planning
> efforts, the proposal would
> allow 1 year agreements - essentially converting
> EQIP back into the old
> Agricultural Conservation Program (ACP) which EQIP
> replaced.  Morever, the
> actual bill, when introduced next week, is expected
> to substantially raise
> the EQIP $10,000 payment limitation and perhaps
> alter the prohibition on
> subsidizing animal waste facilities for large scale
> confinement operations.
>
> The bill also increases the Conservation Reserve
> Program to 40 million
> acres, provides $50 million and $25 million a year
> for Farmland Protection
> Program and Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program
> respectively, and allows for
> 100,000 acres per year to enroll in the Wetlands
> Reserve Program.
>
> Elsewhere, the bill would continue the research
> Initiative for Future
> Agriculture and Food Systems but reduce its funding
> from $120 million per
> year to $70 million, provide $37 million per year
> for the Value Added Grants
> Program for cooperatives that got first time funding
> in last year’s crop
> insurance bill.
>
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> \par }{\fs32 The Farm Bill debate is moving fast in
> the House and Senate.  This is the first of many
> action alerts to be issued by the National Campaign
> on the Farm Bill because it is the action
> }{\i\fs32\ul YOU}{\fs32  take that will make all the
> difference.
>
> \par }{
> \par
> \par }\pard \s15\qc
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> Tell your Congressperson that the Farm Bill
> \'93concepts\'94 proposed by Congressmen Combest and
> Stenholm fall far short of what our nation
> needs!}{The next Farm Bill is being debated in
> the House Agriculture Committee this week.  House Ag
> Committee Chairman Larry Combest and Ranking
> Minority Member Charles Stenholm have issued draft
> farm bill \'93concepts\'94
>  that will likely form the foundation of a joint
> Combest-Stenholm bill.   The
> Combest-Stenholm proposal falls far short of the
> comprehensive Farm Bill the National Campaign and
> its partners have been working for.
> The Combest-Stenholm
> proposal:
> \ Does not  adequately promote
> stewardship of farmland in active production.
> Does not}provide family
> farms and ranches and agricultural communities with
> adequate resources to pursue entrepreneurial
> solutions that are good for families, their
> communities, consumers and the environment.
>   create conditions
> whereby farmers get fair prices from the marketplace
> and are no longer dependent upon government
> payments.
>  Does not} address fundamental
> issues related to the restoration of competition in
> the domestic agricultural marketplace, will not
> prevent further agribusiness concentration, an
> d does not ensure fair dealings for farmers and
> ranchers engaged in contract agriculture.
>  Does not promote agriculture
> as a cornerstone of rural development.
>  Does not}  address the needs of beginning
> farmers and ranchers.
>  Does not  address the needs
> of limited-resource and socially disadvantaged
> farmers.
> Tell your Congressperson to support a
> Farm Bill that works!The Capitol Switchboard number
is
> 202-224-3121. Ask for your Representative by name
> and they will connect you. Ask to s
> peak with the legislative aide who handles
> agriculture. If you get voice mail, leave a short
> message and/or ask to be called back.
> Tell your Congressperson the next
> Farm Bill mustCreate conditions whereby farmers get
> fair prices from the marketplace and are no longer
> dependent upon government payments,
>  restore competition to, and stem concentration in
> the food and agriculture system, reform farm income
> programs to remove biases against family-scale
> farms, mandate fair dealing in contracts, and remove
> barriers to sustainable farming systems.
> Promote stewardship by farmers and
> ranchers of farmland in active production
> and promote conservation spending that protects and
> improves the quality of soil, water, air, wildlife,
> habitat and biodiversity. Promote family farm and
ranch
> entrepreneurship
> through programs that provide resources for
> innovative ideas that enable farm and ranch families
> and their communities to reap a greater share of
> food system profits, promote a diverse and vital
> family farm sector, h
> elp agricultural communities thrive, give consumers
> greater choice, and encourage beginning farmers.
>Remove institutional barriers to, and
> biases against, family-scale agriculture in
> government programs  by making
> agriculture-based development a cornerston
> e of rural development, promote greater inter-agency
> and inter-program coordination and greater
> involvement by community-based organizations, ensure
> equal access to programs by all farmers and
> ranchers, and create outreach and technical
> assistance program
> s targeted to those most underserved and socially
> disadvantaged.
>  Learn about the Farm Bill initiatives of
> the National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture!
> Stewardship Incentives *
> * Resources for Agricultural Community
> Revitalization and Enterprise *
> \par * Competition and Concentration *
> \par * Family Farm Income *
> \par * Beginning Farmer and Rancher *
> \par * Agricultural and Rural Entrepreneurship *
>  The National Campaign for Sustainable
> Agriculture has drafted initiatives for the Farm
> Bill specifically to address the needs discussed
> above.  You can learn about these initiatives by
> visiting our website
at"http://www.sustainableagriculture.net"
 The House Agriculture Committee is debating
> the new farm bill this week with plans to begin
> voting next week (on 7/26)
> .  The chairman and ranking member of the Committee
> -- Rep. Larry Combest (R-TX) and Rep. Charles
> Stenholm (D-TX) -- have issued the}{\i\fs24  outline
> of the actual bill that will be the starting point
> for all further action.}{\fs24
>   Of the $174 billion in mandatory spending made
> available over the next 10 years for the farm bill
> in the congressional budget, the Combest-Stenholm
> proposal would spend $120 billion or 70% for
> commodity program payments, $37 billion (21%) on
> conservatio
> n programs, and the remainder on nutrition, rural
> development, research, and export subsidies.
> \par
> \par On the commodity program front, the outline
> includes, with only modest revision, the AMTA
> payments and marketing loan payments (including loan
> deficiency payment
> s) from the 1996 Freedom to Farm bill and adds on
> top of that current stream of payments a new
> \'93counter-cyclical\'94
>  payment that is based on the target
> price/deficiency payment structure that predated
> Freedom to Farm.  The proposal would continue an
> $80,000
> payment limit on AMTA, apply a new $150,000 limit on
> counter-cyclical payments, and, as is currently the
> case, effectively have no limitation on marketing
> loan gains.
> \par
> \par The bill also provides funding for the sugar,
> dairy, peanut, and wool and mohair programs.
> \par
> \par On the conservation program front, the outline
> includes a major increase in money for the
> Environmental Quality Incentives Program (from $200
> million/year currently to $1.2 billion/year) but at
> the same time would radically change the program.
> Rather
> than the current 5-10 year EQIP contracts and
> long-term conservation planning efforts, the
> proposal would allow 1 year agreements - essentially
> converting EQIP back into the old Agricultural
> Conservation Program (ACP) which EQIP replaced.
> Morever, the ac
> tual bill, when introduced next week, is expected to
> substantially raise the EQIP $10,000 payment
> limitation and perhaps alter the prohibition on
> subsidizing animal waste facilities for large scale
> confinement operations.
> \par
> \par The bill also increases the Cons
> ervation Reserve Program to 40 million acres,
> provides $50 million and $25 million a year for
> Farmland Protection Program and Wildlife Habitat
> Incentives Program respectively, and allows for
> 100,000 acres per year to enroll in the Wetlands
> Reserve Program
> .
> \> Elsewhere, the bill would continue the research
> Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems
> but reduce its funding from $120 million per year to
> $70 million, provide $37 million per year for the
> Value Added Grants Program for cooperatives that got
>  first time funding in last year\rquote s crop
> insurance bill.
> \par }}


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