C-FARE Info

Agriculture Hearing Addressing State of Farm Economy

On February 17 USDA Secretary Vilsack testified before the House and Senate Agriculture Committees to review the state of the farm economy. Click here to view the House testimony.

Click here to watch a rebroadcast of the Senate Hearing. Other Senate witnesses included Dr. Joe Outlaw (Texas A&M University Economist), Mr. Thomas M. Hoenig (President, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City), Mr. Keith Creagh (Director, Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development), and Mr. Fred Yoder (Farmer and Former President National Corn Growers Association). To view the Senate testimony click here and select the date of the hearing.

Joint Public Hearing in the House to Consider Reducing Regulatory Burdens

On February 16, 2011 The House Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture,  and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, held a joint public hearing to consider reducing the regulatory burdens posed by the case National Cotton Council v. EPA (6th Cir. 2009) and to review related draft legislation. To read the witness testimony click here.

For more information on Environmental Regulation and Agriculture, visit the newly posted report from the Congressional Research Service. The report can be accessed at the National Agricultural Law Center website here.

House Appropriations Committee to Consider Organizational Matters

Today the House Full Committee on Appropriations will hold a meeting to consider organizational matters for the 112th Congress and the Report on the Revised Suballocation of Budget Allocations for Fiscal Year 2011. To access audio and video for this meeting, please click here. To access audio only for this meeting, please click here.

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Hearing to Examine the Energy and Oil Market Outlook

Today the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to examine the energy and oil market outlook for the new Congress. An archive video will be available shortly after the hearing is complete. Testimony will be available on the Committee website. Witnesses include: The Honorable Richard Newell, Administrator, Energy Information Administration; Ambassador Richard H. Jones, Deputy Executive Director , International Energy Agency; Roger Diwan, Partner and Head of Financial Advisory, PFC Energy; Mr. Jim Burkhard, Managing Director, Cambridge Energy Research Associates. To view information on the Committee website click here.

USDA AMS Offers Free Webinar to Get the Most Out Of Fruit and Vegetable Market News Reports

Recently posted on USDA's AMS website.

On Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011, at 2 p.m. ET, the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service, in partnership with Redbook University will present a free interactive webinar to help navigate the USDA Market News Portal, a storehouse of valuable market data for fruit and vegetable commerce.

Every business day, AMS collects and reports detailed information about marketing conditions for hundreds of commodities. All of this information is stored in the Market News Portal and is available at no cost. For more information and to register please click here.