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Time to Sort Through your Mental Rolodex

Take advantage of the opportunity to nominate a fellow member and/or co-worker for the 2012 ASFMRA Membership Awards. All ASFMRA members are invited to submit names of individuals who are standouts in the profession. This is your Society and no one knows better than you who deserves special recognition for what they bring to both the organization and to the profession. Who are the leaders? Who stands out as the go-to person? Which of your fellow members are outstanding in their community, their [More]

Graying of US farmers not so bleak after all

Richard Cornett, Director of Communciations, Western Plant Health Assocation - We have to ask ourselves the question: As our older food providers begin retiring, who’s going to fill the vacuum in feeding an exploding world population?

Produce farmers want seat at farm bill table

Western Growers - Farmers who produce the nation’s healthy fresh produce want a seat at the table for the major federal food and farm legislation — the farm bill. That’s the message Western Growers Chairman Mike Jarrard took to Congress. As president & COO of Mann Packing in Salinas, Calif., — a producer of fresh cut vegetables—he knows firsthand the food his industry produces goes hand-in-hand with a healthier eating lifestyle. That’s an important message for Congress to hear.

ASFMRA Joins Letter Urging Senate Farm Bill Consideration

By Stephen Frerichs - The American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers joined over 100 national organizations calling on the Senate to consider the Senate Agriculture Committee passed farm bill as soon as possible.

House Bill would Prohibit Expansion of Clean Water Guidance

By Stephen Frerichs - The House Energy and Water appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2013 would prohibit funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to develop or implement new guidance to expand the scope of federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Lucas (R-OK) issued the following statement: “The new authorities granted in this guidance would allow the EPA and the Corps of Engineers the authority to regulate almost any body of water in the U.S.,” said [More]

ASFMRA Legislative Action News

Legislative Action News – Vol. 4, Issue IX- [May 8, 2012]

  • ASFMRA Joins Letter Urging Senate Farm Bill Consideration
  • House Bill Would Prohibit Expansion of Clean Water Guidance
  • House Ag Committee Continues Farm Bill Hearings
  • Here is What to Look for in the Next Farm Bill
  • GSE’s Update Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD)

Legislative Action News – Vol. 4, Issue VIII- [April 17, 2012]

  • GAO – Limit Crop Insurance Subsidies Would Have Saved $1 Billion in 2011
  • House Ag Committee Schedules Mark-up for Budget Reconciliation Package
  • Senate Ag Committee Mark-up
  • House Ag Committee Holds Field Hearings in KS
  • Child Labor Laws Stoking Backlash – Western Farm Press
  • New ULDD Requirements Coming This Month
  • Appraisal Orgs Testify Before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on High Voltage Transmission Towers

Legislative Action News – Vol. 4, Issue VII- [April 3, 2012]

  • House Passes Budget – Includes Cuts to Agriculture
  • Senate Plans Committee Farm Bill by End of April
  • CRP Deadline Approaching – April 6
  • House Ag Committee Holds Field Hearings in AR
  • Farmer Mac Outlines Procedures When Appraisers Were Engaged by Other Lending Institution
  • Bank Examinations Amendment Offered, Not Included in Senate JOBS Bill; OCC Chief Speaks

Legislative Action News – Vol. 4, Issue VI- [March 20, 2012]

  • Membership Directory – Wrong Name on Label
  • Senate Finishes Farm Bill Hearings with Commodity Title & Crop Insurance
  • House Field Hearing March 23 in IL and March 30 in AR
  • USDA Warns of Fraudulent Letters
  • House Ag Committee Sends Letter to House Budget Committee
  • Veteran’s Farming Project Workshop
  • Ag Committee Hammers Dodd-Frank Costs
  • EPA Top Ag Advisor Talks Regulations & Frustrations

Legislative Action News – Vol. 4, Issue V- [March 6, 2012]

  • CTFC to Complete Majority of Dodd-Frank Rules by Summer
  • Crop Insurnce Payments Burst $10 Billion Barrier
  • Farm Groups:  Crop Insurance Top Priority
  • USDA Announces New CRP Initiative
  • EWG Pushes for Conservation Cross Compliance with Crop Insurance
  • Farm Bill Hearings
  • USDA Forecasts More Planted Acres, Lower Commodity Prices
  • Bank Accused of Appraisal Fraud

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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