[From nobody Mon Jun 13 09:54:48 2011 Received: from ccm135.constantcontact.com ([208.75.123.135]) by mail.turbonet.com (Cactus Mail Server v9.4.0) with ESMTP id SZD57958 for <lfalen@turbonet.com>; Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:20:58 -0700 Received: from p2-jb510.ad.prodcc.net (p2-pen4.ad.prodcc.net [10.252.0.104]) by ccm135.constantcontact.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F04B2C758B for <lfalen@turbonet.com>; Thu, 9 Jun 2011 15:20:58 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; q=dns/txt; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; s=1000073432; d=auth.ccsend.com; h=to:subject:mime-version:message-id:from:date:list-unsubscribe:reply-to; bh=FoRhweazaejDGjawrX/oJov41I2biC8A9zfqlUVkFAk=; b=dDKrdP2iaSMvXEWLPRaeOD4pRl2bcC+z0qoFy/cGvRBCyZLVDD6s8injl6QvkSoTFcObrYW9hegZR7EiZaHWxKC9wQy4bDMUTf62uzbP5lvwgl0KGG68CjJ1APGfLE6KvOAI/XDGC64XyaJ3jqE9vs9lbLGj94zud1LGfCwlffM= Message-ID: <1105908947380.1105132087640.1130.10.12152035@scheduler> Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 15:20:58 -0400 (EDT) From: National Grange <swilkins@nationalgrange.org> Reply-To: swilkins@nationalgrange.org To: lfalen@turbonet.com Subject: [Spam 7.25] View from the Hill Legislative Update MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_34383183_1600761641.1307647258639" X-Mailer: Roving Constant Contact 2009 (http://www.constantcontact.com) List-Unsubscribe: http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&m=001M3qEqCr1lAiM6qANsGwdUw%3D%3D&se=001g8RxJRLHNU4%3D&t=001-z__Q3auMQsQaaA1VF_Pew%3D%3D&llr=yk9cqhfab X-Return-Path-Hint: ESC1105908947380_1105132087640_1130_r20@in.constantcontact.com X-Roving-ID: 1105132087640.1130 X-Lumos-SenderID: 1105132087640 X-Roving-CampaignId: 1105908947380 X-Roving-StreamId: 0 ------=_Part_34383183_1600761641.1307647258639 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Having trouble viewing this email? 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Although the USDA approximated the number of those participants affected by the change at around 30,000, larger farms and production operations should be concerned. </p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" align="justify">&nbsp;</p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" align="justify">The USDA's research budget is set to be cut by almost 14 percent, eliminating programs like the Biomass Crop Assistance Program. The subcommittee also failed to increase funding for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which has been under the gun to act on commodity hedge and swap activity now prohibited under the Dodd-Frank Act. Although the CFTC has gained more and more responsibility, the agency has been choked of funding as a way to delay their implementation of some of the more contentious Dodd-Frank regulations. </p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" align="justify">&nbsp;</p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" align="justify">Both the National Grange supported Market Access Program (MAP) and the Foreign Market Development Program (FMDP) were funded at authorized levels. 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