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FCC bars LightSquared from Turning on Its Network

By Stephen Frerichs - Last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) revoked a waiver that would have allowed LightSquared to turn on its network and issued a public proposal that would bar LightSquared from launching its service "indefinitely." You can find the Federal Register notice requesting comments by March 1, 2012 on its proposal to prohibit LightSquared from launching its service here:

Farm Service Agency Employees Want to Sell Crop Insurance Again

By Stephen Frerichs - The National Association of FSA County Office Employees (NASCOE) wants back into the crop insurance business. NASCOE has commissioned a report that purports savings will occur if the government delivers crop insurance and NASCOE has started a lobbying campaign with Congress in an attempt to achieve that goal.

Welcome New and Reinstated Members

Thank you for being a part of the ASFMRA! Help the ASFMRA welcome our new and reinstated members. The ASFMRA appreciates every member for choosing the Society as the association you desire to affiliate with. The ASFMRA continues to make every effort to offer member services which will be of benefit to you professionally and personally.

GMO crops get big backer in Bill Gates

By Logan Hawkes, Southwest Farm Press Self-made billionaire, software magnate and philanthropist Bill Gates may not know everything about agriculture, but when it comes to addressing the problem of world hunger, he understands the meaning of making sound investments in the future.

Global AgInvesting 2012

Global AgInvesting (SM) 2012 New York promises investors the opportunity to evaluate the global agriculture investing landscape and meet the managers with investable product that are helping to shape the burgeoning space. The two-day conference will include panel discussions on responsible investment, illiquid vs. liquid ag investment styles, palm oil production investments and worldwide farmland conditions that will provide a broad base of understanding of the ag sector.

ASFMRA Legislative Action News

Legislative Action News – Vol. 4, Issue IV- [February 21, 2012]

  • ASFMRA Joins Others Urging Farm Bill Passage this Year
  • President’s Budget Released – Cuts Agriculture
  • FCC Bars LightSquared from Turning on its Network
  • FSA Employees Want to Sell Crop Insurance Again
  • Appraisal Organizations Applaud New Consumer Disclosure Form
  • USDA Readies for 2012 Census of Agriculture
  • Obama Seeks $32 Billion Farm Safety Net, Conservation Cuts
  • Share Your Thoughts on AgProLink

Legislative Action News – Vol. 4, Issue III- [February 7, 2012]

  • USDA CRP General Sign-up
  • Senate Agriculture Committee Announces Farm Bill Hearing Schedule
  • Farm Groups Release Statement on Farm Bill
  • CBO Releases Budget Forecast
  • Appraisal & AMC Fees Separated on Revised Settlement Forms
  • ASFMRA-AI Support Intent of Bank Examiner Bill in Congress
  • South Dakota Senate Endorses Measure to Raise Cap on Increases in Taxable Value of Farmland

Legislative Action News – Vol. 4, Issue II- [January 17, 2012]

  • USDA Announces Streamlining Initiative
  • Farm Bureau Adopts New Farm Policy
  • EPA Releases Farm, Ranch & Rural Communities Report
  • Dodd-Frank Rulemakings Commence, Appraisal Groups Respond
  • Feds Doom LightSquared’s LTE 4G Network
  • Kiplinger Agriculture Letter
  • What’s Ahead for Land Values in 2012?
  • Stand Out Even Among the Land Experts

Legislative Action News – Vol. 4, Issue I- [January 3, 2012]

  • California Low-Carbon Fuel Standard Violates Commerce Clause
  • USDA Benefits to Farmers Won’t Dip in ’12 – Kiplinger
  • LightSquared Petitions FCC
  • Digging in the MF Global Dirt – Delta Farm Press
  • US Opens Market to Imported Ethanol – Western Farm Press
  • Commodity Prices no Flash in the Pan – Western Farm Press

Legislative Action News – Vol. 3, Issue XXV – [December 20, 2011]

  • Agriculture Moving from Surplus to Shortage, SW Farm Press
  • Farm Kids from Kiplinger Agriculture Letter
  • Agriculture Committees Focus on MF Global Bankruptcy
  • House & Senate Agriculture Committees to Hold Hearings on MF Global Failure
  • Scuse Nomination Hearing Held
  • Congress Hopes to Wrap-up Session Soon
  • Invasive pests inflict multibillion-dollar toll on CA – Western Farm Press
  • Emerging markets to keep agriculture prices, profitability strong

Legislative Action News – Vol. 3, Issue XXIV – [December 6, 2011]

  • Farm Bill Outlook
  • Politics may delay a new farm bill until ’13, from Kiplinger Agriculture Letter
  • RMA Adopts New Rating Methodoloy for Corn & Soybeans
  • House & Senate Agriculture Committees to Hold Hearings on MF Global Failure
  • New IRS Audit Guide Addresses Conservation Easements
  • Farmers National sees no slowdown in demand for farmland, from Agri-Pulse
  • Sens. Crapo, Udall introduce bill to extend family farm easements, from Argri-Pulse

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