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March 12, 2010

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Senate Health Bill Would Up Costs for Millions in Middle Class, Analysis Finds
A nonpartisan study is casting new doubt on President Obama's campaign pledge not to raise taxes on the middle class.

Obama Vows to Overhaul Immigration Laws
(AP) President Obama on Thursday assured immigration advocates frustrated by the wait for a promised overhaul of U.S. immigration laws that he remains committed to fixing a system he has said is broken. What remains unclear is whether Congress will send him a bill this year.

Lincoln, Johanns Press Japan to Lift Restrictions on U.S. Beef
American beef producers have lost an average of $1.4 billion annually since 2003 despite the fact that sound science tells us that our product is safe.

FARM BUREAU DELIVERS 100,000 REQUESTS OPPOSING CLIMATE CHANGE BILL TO LAWMAKERS
The American Farm Bureau Federation's successful, six-month campaign to oppose cap-and-trade climate change legislation, "Don't CAP Our Future," culminated Wednesday when farmer and rancher members from across the country presented key lawmakers some of the 100,000 grassroots calls-to-action gathered in opposition to the issue.

All-star cast set to tackle ag competition in Iowa meeting
Some 500 farmers have already signed up for the first workshop.

The Focus to Bust Up Big Ag [Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor]
Walking into a meeting Thursday night in Ankeny, Iowa, --- just down the road from where the Department of Justice and USDA will hold today's competition hearing --- it was evident there will be a lot of spotlight on today's hearing. When an unofficial meeting is standing-room only, you can only imagine how many people will be at the official event. Sitting over in a corner was Reuters reporter Carey Gilliam, who wrote as I did that some farm groups want to "Bust Up Big Ag."

Monsanto’s Seed Patents May Trump Antitrust Claims, Lawyers Say
March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Monsanto Co., facing antitrust probes into its genetically modified seeds, may benefit from previous court rulings in which intellectual property rights trumped competition concerns, antitrust lawyers say. The Department of Justice and seven state attorneys general are investigating whether the world’s largest seed company is using gene licenses to keep competing technologies off the market.

Ag breakfast speaker: Agriculture needs 'human capital' infusion
Quincy, IL(Quincy Herald-Whig) -Russ Weathers wants to broaden the definition of agriculture to better reflect the local, regional and global industry affecting men, women and children around the world. "Wherever I am as an individual in the food chain, whether I'm a consumer or if I am in production, processing, marketing, policy, globalization, science or technology of the industry is my definition of agriculture."

FARM BUREAU RELEASES RESULTS OF YOUNG FARMERS / RANCHERS STUDY
Despite the challenges, 80 percent of those responding to AFBF's 18th annual survey of young farmers and ranchers say they are more optimistic than they were five years ago, while 82 percent say they are better off than they were five years ago.

Court favors sage grouse in Montana grazing lawsuit
HELENA — The U.S. Forest Service must re-examine how livestock grazing affects sage grouse habitat in southwestern Montana after a federal appeals court ruled the agency's original assessment was not reliable.

Lawmakers probe lax enforcement of animal rules
(AP) - A report by the federal Government Accountability Office has found that while stringent animal protections may be on the books, the federal government is doing a lax job of enforcing them.

Global Trade’s Dirty Secret: Outsourced Emissions
The Carnegie Institution of Science released a new study this week finding that one-third of the carbon dioxide emissions developed countries release into the atmosphere result from goods and services produced outside their borders.

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