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Farm Bill conference Report Called "Mixed Bag". From the Environmental Defense Press Release:
The 2008 farm bill conference report appears to include important new investments in conservation, but will not do enough to meet the growing need to expand and improve conservation programs, or to reform our antiquated system of farm subsidies, according to Environmental Defense Fund (E°F).
While the full text of the conference report is not available, E°F cited the $4 billion in new outlays for conservation programs announced by conferees during a news conference this afternoon as an important step forward, but it is still insufficient to meet farmer demand. Since enactment of the 2002 farm bill, $13.5 billion in requests for conservation assistance from almost half a million farmers and ranchers have gone unfunded.
“The good news is that conference committee members recognized the need to boost conservation funding at a time when very high commodity prices are increasing pressure on our land, water, and important wildlife habitat,” said Sara Hopper, an attorney with E°F who was a staff member of the Senate Agriculture Committee during the 2002 farm bill. “The bad news is that this new funding falls short of what’s needed to provide farmers, ranchers, and private forest landowners with the resources they need to help us solve some of the nation’s biggest environmental problems.”
E°F also criticized the House-Senate conference committee for increasing, rather than decreasing, farm subsidies.
Read Farm Bill conference Report Called "Mixed Bag" on ENS-News.
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