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BREAKING NEWS: Senate Passes 2007 Farm Bill
USAgNet - 12/14/2007
The United States Senate today passed the 2007 Farm Bill (H.R. 2419) by a vote of 79 to 14, after weeks of stalled debate. Senator John Thune, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, says the measure will help strengthen family farms and ranches and rural communities.
"This bill builds on the successful 2002 Farm Bill and makes great strides in advancing renewable fuels production," Thune said.
The Senate Agriculture committee has held 29 full committee hearings on the Farm Bill reauthorization.
Thune also notes that the bill continues 'great strides in ethanol development', both in corn-based ethanol and cellulosic ethanol.
"I am proud of our work to secure $25 million in mandatory funding for the Sun Grant Initiative and the inclusion of the Biofuels Innovation Program to encourage growing energy dedicated crops and incentivizing nearly 60 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol."
Another component of the Farm Bill includes a permanent disaster program, which would provide $5 billion in timely assistance to both crop and livestock producers when losses occur due to natural disasters. The House did not include a permanent disaster program in its version of the 2007 Farm Bill.
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