﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="/cms/includes/rss.css"?><!--RSS generated by AgWeb.com at Fri, 24 May 2013 23:35:48 GMT--><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0"><channel><title>POLICY COVERAGE</title><link>http://www.agweb.com</link><copyright /><generator>AgWeb.com</generator><item><title>Crop Insurance Cuts: Will You Be Affected?</title><link>http://www.agweb.com/farmjournal/article/farmers_making_750000_face_crop_insurance_cuts/</link><description>Senators approved a measure to pull back premiums for producers with adjusted gross incomes above $750,000, reports say.</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Senators approved a measure to pull back premiums for producers with adjusted gross incomes above $750,000, reports say.]]></content:encoded><dc:creator>Nate Birt</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 11:23:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>335958</guid></item><item><title>Hurting Farmers to Spite Biotech Companies</title><link>http://www.agweb.com/farmjournal/blog/ag_in_the_courtroom/hurting_farmers_to_spite_biotech_companies/</link><description>Some in Congress wish to overturn the "Farmer Assurance Provision," pejoratively known as the Monsanto Protection Act.  This shouldn't happen.</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Some in Congress wish to overturn the "Farmer Assurance Provision," pejoratively known as the Monsanto Protection Act.  This shouldn't happen.]]></content:encoded><dc:creator>John Dillard</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>30254</guid></item><item><title>Azevedo Goes to Geneva</title><link>http://www.agweb.com/farmjournal/blog/the_truth_about_trade/azevedo_goes_to_geneva/</link><description>With the election of Brazil’s Roberto Azevedo as the next director-general of the World Trade Organization, it’s time to hope for a “Nixon goes to China” moment.</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[With the election of Brazil’s Roberto Azevedo as the next director-general of the World Trade Organization, it’s time to hope for a “Nixon goes to China” moment.]]></content:encoded><dc:creator>Dean Kleckner</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>30242</guid></item><item><title>Food for Peace</title><link>http://www.agweb.com/farmjournal/blog/john_block_reports_from_washington/food_for_peace/</link><description>How many of you out there know anything about the U.S. Food for Peace Program? </description><content:encoded><![CDATA[How many of you out there know anything about the U.S. Food for Peace Program? ]]></content:encoded><dc:creator>John Block</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 12:39:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>30250</guid></item><item><title>High-Profile Probes Create Cooling-Off Period for Immigration Proposals</title><link>http://www.agweb.com/farmjournal/article/high-profile_probes_create_cooling-off_period_for_immigration_proposals/</link><description>IRS, AP and Benghazi investigations divert attention from immigration reform bills.</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[IRS, AP and Benghazi investigations divert attention from immigration reform bills.]]></content:encoded><dc:creator>Bloomberg</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 10:16:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>335887</guid></item><item><title>U.S. Tightens Country-of-Origin Meat Labeling After WTO Ruling</title><link>http://www.agweb.com/farmjournal/article/us_tightens_country-of-origin_meat_labeling_after_wto_ruling_BLMG/</link><description>The U.S. tightened country-of-origin labeling provisions to specify where animals are born, raised and slaughtered.</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[The U.S. tightened country-of-origin labeling provisions to specify where animals are born, raised and slaughtered.]]></content:encoded><dc:creator>Bloomberg</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 09:46:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>335902</guid></item><item><title>Immigration Reform: Landscape of California Agriculture at Stake</title><link>http://www.agweb.com/farmjournal/article/immigration_reform_landscape_of_california_agriculture_at_stake/</link><description>The Senate Judiciary Committee has passed its version of Immigration Reform. American Farm Bureau told AgDay while several amendments were passed; the 844-page bill remains largely untouched.</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[The Senate Judiciary Committee has passed its version of Immigration Reform. American Farm Bureau told AgDay while several amendments were passed; the 844-page bill remains largely untouched.]]></content:encoded><dc:creator>Tyne Morgan</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 18:19:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>335881</guid></item><item><title>Top Ten Political Issues Facing Agriculture</title><link>http://www.agweb.com/farmjournal/article/top_ten_political_issues_facing_agriculture/</link><description>Former deputy ag secretary Kathleen Merrigan highlights the top non-farm-bill issues that are currently impacting agriculture.</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Former deputy ag secretary Kathleen Merrigan highlights the top non-farm-bill issues that are currently impacting agriculture.]]></content:encoded><dc:creator>Boyce Thompson</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 12:12:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>335843</guid></item><item><title>The USDA of Europe</title><link>http://www.agweb.com/farmjournal/blog/the_truth_about_trade/the_usda_of_europe/</link><description>Last Friday, in an unexpected announcement, the U.S. Department of Agriculture took an unfortunate step toward Europeanization when it delayed the approval of two crops that will help farmers control weeds and produce more food. </description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Last Friday, in an unexpected announcement, the U.S. Department of Agriculture took an unfortunate step toward Europeanization when it delayed the approval of two crops that will help farmers control weeds and produce more food. ]]></content:encoded><dc:creator>Dean Kleckner</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>30185</guid></item><item><title>Corn Falls Under Pressure as Weather Agrees with Planting</title><link>http://www.agweb.com/farmjournal/blog/the_ted_spread/corn_falls_under_pressure_as_weather_agrees_with_planting/</link><description>The consensus is that there will be an unprecedented jump in...</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[The consensus is that there will be an unprecedented jump in...]]></content:encoded><dc:creator>Ted Seifried</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 15:29:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>30181</guid></item></channel></rss>