The Senate Agriculture Committee’s 2013 Farm Bill is in the midst of a critical test this week on the Senate floor, where the $955 billion measure is expected to draw opposition from lawmakers who wanted more money taken from farm subsidies and less from the nation’s food stamp program. However, the Senate’s bill has stirred [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 21,2013
Tags: agriculture, ecosystem, environment, exempt, exemtion, farm, farmer, farming, federal agency, federal government, legislation, legislative, legislator, p senator, pollution, water pollution, water quality, wildlife
WASHINGTON — Legislation to exempt small farms from Environmental Protection Agency fuel storage requirements has been incorporated into the Senate-passed Water Resources Development Act of 2013 (WRDA), according to a release from U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.). The Senate passed WRDA legislation (S.601), and with it also approved all the provisions included in the Farmers [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 17,2013
Tags: agriculture, aquaculture, catfish, farm, farmer, farming, federal agency, federal government, food, food inspection, food safety, foreign fish, import, importer, importing, legislative, legislator, Senator
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) has received word that the U.S. Department of Agriculture could complete a final rule for implementing a catfish inspection program by this October, Cochran reports in a release. Dr. Elisabeth Hagen, USDA undersecretary for food safety, today told Cochran the USDA Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) is committed [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 15,2013
Tags: agriculture, Congress, farm, Farm Bill, farmer, farming, federal government, federation, senaste, Senator, trade association
JACKSON — The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF) leadership is commending U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss) and his staff for their diligent work to reach a solid compromise on a Senate Farm Bill package. Yesterday, the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry passed a piece of farm legislation that garnered a 15-5 vote. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 15,2013
Tags: agriculture, bayou, berth, contract, dredge, forest, forester, forestry, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, port, ship, shipper, shipping, transportation, wood pellet
PASCAGOULA — Port of Pascagoula commissioners have approved a $1.5-million dredging project to prepare a Bayou Casotte berth for a specialized wood pellet exporting facility. The board awarded the $1.47 million contract to C. F. Bean, LLC for the dredging, testing, transporting and disposing of about 45,000 cubic yards of silts around Terminals E and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 13,2013
Tags: agriculture, economic developments, employee, employer, employment, forest, forester, forestry, job, job creation, lumber, mill, plywood, timber, tre, wood, work, worker
LOUISVILLE — Natron Wood Products will locate a plywood mill in Louisville, creating more than 200 new jobs. Natron Wood Products owner Richard McDougal says the operations will be located in a 265,000-square-foot existing facility and represent a company investment of $10 million. The plant’s plywood overlay panels are used primarily in large vertical and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 13,2013
Tags: agriculture, aquaculture, catfish, commodity, farm, farmer, farming, fish, food, food safety, import, importer, importing, inspection, producer
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Catfish farmers continue to address production challenges as the industry works to reclaim markets lost to imported fish. Jeremy Robbins, vice president of The Catfish Institute based in Jackson, said farmers have struggled in recent years with high feed prices, their No. 1 expense, while dealing with increased competition from imports. “There [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 13,2013
Tags: agriculture, Alternative energy, alternative fuel, bioenergy, biofuel, ecosystem, energy, environment, federal agency, federal government, forest, forester, forestry, incenntive, lawmaker, legislative, lumber, marketing, public releations, Senator, sustainable energy, sustainabliity, timber, tree
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) is questioning whether a U.S. Department of Agriculture bio-based marketing program amounts to a bias against traditional forest products and whether such policies are fair. Cochran broached the topic at a Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee hearing to review the FY2014 budget request for the USDA. The USDA BioPreferred [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 10,2013
Tags: agriculture, aquaculture, catfish, farm, farmer, farming, federal agency, federal government, food, food inspection, food safety, foreign market, import, importer, importing, secretary, Senator
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) has once again pressed the U.S. secretary of agriculture to explain why a catfish inspection program authorized five years ago has not been implemented. Cochran, who has been fighting to ensure a fair and level playing field for U.S. catfish producers, raised the issue again with Agriculture [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 10,2013
Tags: agriculture, bioenergy, biofuel, biotech, energy, farm, Farm Bill, farmer, farming, federal government, food, lawmaker, legislative, REFINERY, Senator
AROUND MISSISSIPPI — A group of Mississippi biotechnology companies and state associations have written Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), urging him to support mandatory funding for renewable energy programs in a new Farm Bill. Elevance Renewable Sciences of Natchez and DuPont Corporation, which has operations in Pass Christian and Pascagoula, sent the letter along with supporters [...] [...]
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