>>COVEY OF CONCERN Officials hoping quail numbers will rebound - by Wally Northway Also in this week’s paper: >>MEMORIAL DAY Gulf Coast group honors state’s surviving World War II veterans- by Stephen McDill >>ENERGY Mississippi Power finds new leadership, regulators probe executive’s document witholding- by Clay Chandler >>DELTA COUNCIL Stabenow, Cochran brace for Senate vote on Farm Bill- by Ted Carter >> OUR [...] [...]
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 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 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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by MBJ Staff Published: June 15,2012
Tags: building codes, Digital Editions, entrepreneurial camp, Farm Bill, Ground Zero Blues Club, healthcare, hurricane-resistant structures, insurance institute, Kemper, lacking workforce, MBCI, MBJ, Millsaps, Mississippi Business Journal, nurses, PSC, Public Service Commission, RNs, Rob Murray
>> INSURANCE INSTITUTE: Lack of codes makes Mississippi Coast … MOST VULNERABLE — By Ted Carter Also in this week’s paper: >> LAST AGAIN: Insurance Institute gives state nation’s lowest grade for hurricane-resistant structures — by Ted Carter >> REPORT: 70,000 coastal properties at risk to storm — by Ted Carter >> AGRICULTURE: Southern senators: [...] [...]
WASHINGTON — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) says he is disappointed with the 2012 Farm Bill approved by the Senate Agriculture Committee and is withholding his support for the measure due to inadequate coverage for important crops produced in Mississippi. Cochran, who serves on the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee and is a former chairman [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 19,2012
Tags: agriculture, bill, Farm Bill, farmers, farms, federal government, law, lawmakers, legislation, legislative branch, producers
WASHINGTON — With the process to draft a 2012 Farm Bill accelerating, U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) said the wide range of views offered by agriculture producers are necessary for developing a successful 2012 Farm Bill. The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry conducted a hearing on some of the more complex aspects of [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 16,2012
Tags: agriculture, economic development, energy, Farm Bill, farmers, farms, federal government, legislation, legislative branch, programs, quality of life, ranchers, representatives, rural
WASHINGTON — In a Senate hearing on energy and economic growth for rural America, U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) urged continuation of economic development programs in the Department of Agriculture that will help provide jobs and improve the standard of living in rural America. Cochran serves on the Senate Agriculture Committee that heard testimony from [...] [...]
MINNEAPOLIS — Republicans might take control of Congress as they ride a wave of voter anger over deficit spending and big government, but experts who follow agriculture say they don’t expect deep cuts in subsidies to farmers who grow crops such as corn and soybeans. Those payments are long-entrenched policy that have had the support [...] [...]
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