Download or read book Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book SPECIALTY CROPS COMPETITIVENESS ACT OF 2004 REPORT 108 750 PART 1 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 108TH CONGRESS 2ND SESSION written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on 2005* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Review of domestic policies affecting the specialty crop industry written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Specialty Crop Issues in the 109th Congress written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. specialty crop sector is comprised of producers, handlers, processors, and retailers of fruit, vegetable, tree nut, and nursery crops. The major U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) commodity price and income support programs do not include specialty crops, but the industry benefits generally from USDA programs related to trade, conservation, credit, protection from pests and diseases, domestic food assistance programs, crop insurance and disaster payments, research, and other areas. Certain programs of the Food and Drug Administration, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Labor also affect the specialty crop sector. The 108th Congress passed the first law intended to address selected issues of importance to the specialty crop industry as a whole (the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004, P.L. 108-465). It is widely expected that this act will serve as the basis of more comprehensive debate on policies affecting the sector when the House and Senate Agriculture Committees begin consideration of the omnibus farm bill that would take effect when the current farm act (P.L. 107-171) expires in 2007. Another bill that might serve a similar purpose has been introduced in the 109th Congress. The Specialty Crops and Value-Added Agriculture Promotion Act (S. 1556) would amend the 2004 Act to make some of its authorities permanent, and to address issues related to trade, the revenue insurance program, and marketing opportunities for specialty crops. See CRS Report RL33520, Specialty Crops: 2007 Farm Bill Issues for more information. Bills addressing a number of other industry-related issues were introduced in the 109 Congress. These include appropriations for the programs authorized in P.L. 108-465 (H.R. 2744); planting flexibility proposals that could have affected specialty crop supplies and prices (H.R. 2045/S. 1038; S. 194); and guest worker program reform (S. 359/H.R. 884, and others). This report summarizes the 109th Congress's activity on these bills and other specialty crop issues, and will not be updated.
Download or read book Specialty Crops written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Congress is expected shortly to begin consideration of omnibus legislation to replace the expiring Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-171, the 2002 farm bill). Farm bill policies governing U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs on marketing, crop insurance and disaster assistance, protection against pests and diseases, export promotion, and domestic food assistance, among others, are important to the competitiveness of the specialty crop sector of U.S. agriculture. The sector includes fruit, vegetable, tree nut, and nursery crop producers, processors, manufacturers, wholesalers, importers, and exporters. Although specialty crops are not eligible for direct support under USDA's farm commodity price and income support programs, the policies that Congress sets for the major farm income and commodity price support programs affect them. Congress inserted a provision in the 1996 farm bill (P.L. 104-127, the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act) permitting program participants to plant different crops on their program acres and still receive benefits. Before final passage of that bill, however, Congress added another provision largely restricting participants from planting fruits and vegetables on those acres, after specialty crop interests expressed concern over the price volatility that the sector could suffer as a result. Congress renewed the planting restriction in the 2002 farm bill. The upcoming farm bill debate on the planting restriction provision, as well as other key policies, will be affected by several new factors. Trade agreement concerns could potentially require a relaxation of planting restrictions, and constrain policies affecting the amount of spending for program crops. In addition, the specialty crop sector is seeking greater federal investment in non-trade distorting programs that would support its role as a high-value segment of U.S. agriculture. As an initial effort in that regard, the 108th Congress passed the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (P.L. 108-465). Among other things, the act authorized block grants to states for research and promotion efforts, strengthened efforts to overcome phytosanitary (pest and disease) barriers to exports, and provided mandatory funding for a large competitive research grant program to address a broad spectrum of specialty crop development needs. This report discusses potential 2007 farm bill proposals affecting the specialty crop sector, as foreshadowed by the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 as introduced (H.R. 3242), and by a variety of proposals introduced in the 109th Congress (H.R. 3562/S. 1556; S. 2487; H.R. 6193). The report will track congressional consideration of the 2007 farm bill and will be updated as necessary.
Download or read book Problems Facing the Specialty Crop Industry written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Local Food Systems Concepts Impacts and Issues written by Steve Martinez and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive overview of local food systems explores alternative definitions of local food, estimates market size and reach, describes the characteristics of local consumers and producers, and examines early indications of the economic and health impacts of local food systems. Defining ¿local¿ based on marketing arrangements, such as farmers selling directly to consumers at regional farmers¿ markets or to schools, is well recognized. Statistics suggest that local food markets account for a small, but growing, share of U.S. agricultural production. For smaller farms, direct marketing to consumers accounts for a higher percentage of their sales than for larger farms. Charts and tables.
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Download or read book Review of the Specialty Crop Industry written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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