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RL32590 - Average Farm Subsidy Payments, by State, 2002 [16-Sep-2004]
RS22013 - Agricultural Issues in the 109th Congress [01-Jan-2005]
98-253 - U.S. Agricultural Trade: Trends, Composition, Direction, and Policy [25-Sep-2006]
RL33499 - Exempting Food and Agriculture Products from U.S. Economic Sanctions: Status and Implementation [29-Jun-2006]
RL33475 - Dairy Policy Issues [16-Jun-2006]
RL33472 - Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Concerns in Agricultural Trade [15-Jun-2006]
RL30789 - Agricultural Trade in the 106th Congress: A Review of Issues [29-Dec-2000]
IB95027 - Soil and Water Conservation: Policy Issues for the 1995 Farm Bill [29-Dec-1995]
IB97050 - Agricultural Issues in the 105th Congress [28-Dec-1998]
98-201 - Appropriations for FY1999: USDA and Related Agencies [21-Dec-1998]
RL30437 - Water Quality Initiatives and Agriculture [20-Dec-2000]
RS22345 - BSE (“Mad Cow Disease”): A Brief Overview [19-Dec-2006]
RS20142 - The European Union's Ban on Hormone-Treated Meat [19-Dec-2000]
RS20142 - The European Union?s Ban on Hormone-Treated Meat [19-Dec-2000]
95-6 - Conservation Compliance: Policy Issues for the 1995 Farm Bill [19-Dec-1994]
95-7 - Wetlands and Agriculture: Policy Issues in the 1995 Farm Bill [19-Dec-1994]
95-8 - Conservation Reserve Program: Policy Issues for the 1995 Farm Bill [19-Dec-1994]
RL30369 - Fuel Ethanol: Background and Public Policy Issues [17-Dec-2004]
RS20452 - Agriculture and the 106th Congress: A Summary of Major Issues [15-Dec-2000]
RS20032 - Hog Prices: Questions and Answers [15-Dec-1999]
98-743 - U.S. Farm Income: Recent National and Regional Changes and the Federal Response [15-Dec-1998]
98-744 - Agricultural Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments [13-Dec-2000]
98-744 - Agricultural Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments [13-Dec-2000]
RS20863 - Stratospheric Ozone Depletion and Regulation of Methyl Bromide [11-Dec-2006]
RS20269 - Emergency Funding for Agriculture: A Brief History of Congressional Action, FY1989 -FY2001 [11-Dec-2000]
IB97032 - Agricultural Research, Education, and Extension Issues [10-Dec-1998]
RL32301 - Appropriations for FY2005: U.S. Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies [09-Dec-2004]
97-361 - Appropriations for FY1998: U.S. Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies [09-Dec-1997]
RS20079 - Livestock Price Reporting Issues [08-Dec-1999]
RS21996 - Genetically Engineered Fish and Seafood [07-Dec-2004]
IB10043 - Farm Economic Relief: Issues and Options for Congress [06-Dec-2000]
RL30201 - Appropriations for FY2000: U.S. Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies [06-Dec-1999]
IB96006 - Grazing Fees and Rangeland Management [04-Dec-1998]
RL31001 - Appropriations for FY2002: U.S. Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies [03-Dec-2001]
IB95101 - The 1995 Farm Bill: Research, Education, and Extension Issues [30-Nov-1996]
RS20235 - Farm and Food Support Under USDA's Section 32 Program [28-Nov-2006]
IB10040 - Agricultural Trade Issues In the 106th Congress [27-Nov-2000]
RS22329 - Forestry in the Farm Bill [22-Nov-2005]
RL32677 - Energy Use in Agriculture: Background and Issues [19-Nov-2004]
RS20401 - Agricultural Quarantine: Congress Debates Reform of Plant Protection AuthoritiesAgricultural Quarantine: Congress Debates Reform of Plant Protection Authorities [16-Nov-1999]
RL34160 - The National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility: Issues for Congress [15-Nov-2007]
96-115 - Cattle Prices: Questions and Answers [14-Nov-1996]
IB10031 - Fruits and Vegetables: Ongoing Issues for Congress [13-Nov-2000]
RL30739 - Federal Crop Insurance and the Agriculture Risk Protection Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-224) [13-Nov-2000]
RL31790 - Tobacco Quota Buyout Proposals in the 108th Congress [12-Nov-2004]
96-903 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture: Appropriations for FY1997 [12-Nov-1996]
RL30501 - Appropriations for FY2001: U.S. Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies [09-Nov-2000]
IB98009 - Food Safety Issues in the 107th Congress [07-Nov-2001]
IB98009 - Food Safety Issues in the 106th Congress [07-Nov-2000]
96-886 - The World Food Summit [06-Nov-1996]
RL30058 - Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (1998): Overview and Issues for the 106th Congress [05-Nov-1999]
RS21620 - Status of Genetically Engineered Wheat in North America [04-Nov-2004]
98-682 - Farm Disaster Assistance: USDA Programs and Recent Legislative Action [04-Nov-1998]
RS22086 - Agriculture and FY2006 Budget Reconciliation [02-Nov-2005]
96-881 - Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP): Status and Issues [01-Nov-1996]
RL34145 - International Food Aid and the 2007 Farm Bill [31-Oct-2007]
RL34130 - Renewable Energy Policy in the 2007 Farm Bill [29-Oct-2007]
RS20378 - The Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) [26-Oct-1999]
97-508 - Country-of-Origin Labeling for Foods [25-Oct-2007]
95-1062 - Sustainable Agriculture [25-Oct-1995]
98-119 - Food Safety: A Chronology of Selected Recent Events, 1992-1998 [23-Oct-1998]
RL30278 - The 'Terminator Gene' and Other Genetic Use Restriction Technologies (GURTs) in Crops [21-Oct-1999]
98-861 - U.S.-European Agricultural Trade: Food and Biotechnology Issues [21-Oct-1998]
97-952 - Agricultural Exports: Technical Barriers to Trade [21-Oct-1997]
RL32504 - Funding Plant and Animal Health Emergencies: Transfers from the Commodity Credit Corporation [19-Oct-2005]
RS21558 - Genetically Engineered Soybeans: Acceptance and Intellectual Property Rights Issues in South America [17-Oct-2003]
RL32712 - Agriculture-Based Renewable Energy Production [16-Oct-2007]
RL32571 - Brazil’s WTO Case Against the U.S. Cotton Program [16-Oct-2007]
RL33699 - Brazil’s Agricultural Production and Exports: Selected Data [16-Oct-2006]
IB98022 - The Tobacco Settlement: Issues [16-Oct-1998]
RL34080 - Food and Agricultural Imports from China [09-Oct-2007]
IB10127 - Mad Cow Disease: Agricultural Issues for Congress [06-Oct-2005]
RL30331 - Conservation Spending in Agriculture: Trends and Implications [06-Oct-1999]
RS22131 - What Is the “Farm Bill”? [05-Oct-2007]
RS22318 - Harvey v. Veneman and the National Organic Program: A Legal Analysis [26-Sep-2006]
RS21919 - Farm Credit Services of America?s Deal to Leave the Farm Credit System [24-Sep-2004]
IB10033 - Federal Crop Insurance Reform Issues in the 106th Congress [22-Sep-2000]
IB10021 - Animal Agriculture: Issues for the 106th Congress [22-Sep-1999]
RS22728 - Brazil’s WTO Case Against U.S. Agricultural Support: A Brief Overview [21-Sep-2007]
RS20338 - Federal Regulatory Structure for Egg Safety: Fact Sheet [21-Sep-1999]
RS21278 - Farm Credit System [20-Sep-2006]
RL33853 - Canada’s WTO Case Against U.S. Agricultural Support [17-Sep-2007]
RL32590 - Average Farm Subsidy Payments, by State, 2002 [16-Sep-2004]
96-759 - Pesticide Legislation: Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-170) [11-Sep-1996]
98-264 - Organic Foods and the Proposed Federal Certification and Labeling Program [08-Sep-1998]
RS21493 - Payment Limits for Farm Commodity Programs: Issues and Proposals [01-Sep-2006]
RL32948 - Air Quality Issues and Animal Agriculture: A Primer [31-Aug-2007]
RL32947 - Air Quality Issues and Animal Agriculture: EPA's Air Compliance Agreement [31-Aug-2007]
RL30648 - An Examination of the Issues Surrounding Biotechnology Patenting and Its Effect Upon Entrepreneurial Companies [31-Aug-2000]
RS20310 - Science Behind the Regulation of Food Safety: Risk Assessment and the Precautionary Principle [27-Aug-1999]
RL31837 - An Overview of USDA Rural Development Programs [26-Aug-2004]
98-715 - Farm Commodity Programs: Peanuts [26-Aug-1998]
RL32951 - Specialty Crop Issues in the 109th Congress [19-Aug-2005]
98-678 - Tobacco Control: Enforcement and Effectiveness of Federal and State Youth Access Laws [19-Aug-1998]
RS20079 - Livestock Price Reporting Issues [15-Aug-2001]
RL32521 - Agroterrorism: Threats and Preparedness [13-Aug-2004]
RS21905 - The Agriculture Framework Agreement in the WTO Doha Round [09-Aug-2004]
RL30630 - Precision Agriculture and Site-Specific Management: Current Status and Emerging Policy Issues [07-Aug-2000]
RL32932 - Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE, or "Mad Cow Disease") in North America: A Chronology of Selected Events [03-Aug-2005]
IB10085 - The 2002 Farm Bill: Overview and Status [03-Aug-2001]
RS21776 - Shrimp Trade Dispute: Chronology [02-Aug-2004]
97-664 - The Tobacco Settlement: An Overview [31-Jul-1997]
RL33541 - Background on Sugar Policy Issues [26-Jul-2007]
IB10108 - Clean Water Act Issues in the 108th Congress [21-Jul-2004]
RS20271 - Support Programs for Major Crops: Description and Experience [20-Jul-1999]
94-577 - An Introduction to Farm Commodity Programs [20-Jul-1994]
RL32904 - Agriculture and Related Agencies: FY2006 Appropriations [19-Jul-2005]
RL30006 - Genetic Information: Legal Issues Relating to Discrimination and Privacy [19-Jul-2001]
RS20269 - Emergency Funding for Agriculture: A Brief History of Congressional Action, 1988 - June 1999 [19-Jul-1999]
RL31217 - Agroterrorism: Options in Congress [17-Jul-2002]
98-609 - If China Suspended U.S. Exports: Possible Impact on U.S. Wheat, Corn and Soybean Exports [14-Jul-1998]
94-560 - Freshwater Mussels [14-Jul-1994]
96-641 - ''Mad Cow Disease'' or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy: Scientific and Regulatory Issues [09-Jul-1997]
97-1024 - Summary and Comparison of the Major Agricultural Provisions of the Tobacco Settlement Policy Proposals [06-Jul-1998]
97-417 - Tobacco-Related Programs and Activities of the U.S. Department of Agriculture: Operation and Cost [06-Jul-1998]
98-589 - U.S. Agriculture and the International Monetary Fund [06-Jul-1998]
RL30594 - Biosafety Protocol for Genetically Modified Organisms: Overview [05-Jul-2000]
RS20020 - The Agricultural Economy: Recent Actions and Early Issues for the 106th Congress [01-Jul-1999]
RS20242 - U.S.-European Union Agricultural Trade: The Veterinary Equivalency Agreement [26-Jun-1999]
95-129 - Tobacco Price Support: An Overview of the Program [25-Jun-2004]
98-576 - Desertification Treaty: Evolution, Status, and Key Issues [23-Jun-1998]
RL30612 - Agriculture in the WTO:Member Spending on Domestic Support [17-Jun-2005]
RL32414 - The Private Testing of Mad Cow Disease: Legal Issues [16-Jun-2006]
97-905 - Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs and Laws, 2005 Edition [16-Jun-2005]
IB10074 - Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 107th Congress [13-Jun-2002]
IB10099 - Food Safety and Protection Issues in the 107th Congress [12-Jun-2002]
RL30120 - The Marine Mammal Protection Act: Reauthorization Issues [11-Jun-2007]
98-506 - The U.S. Tobacco Industry in Domestic and World Markets [09-Jun-1998]
95-422 - Food and Drug Administration: Selected Funding and Policy Issue [09-Jun-1998]
IB95058 - Farm Bill Issues: Overview [06-Jun-1996]
RS22834 - Agriculture and Forestry Provisions in Climate Change Legislation (S. 3036) [03-Jun-2008]
RS20071 - United States Fire Administration: An Overview [02-Jun-2008]
RL30198 - Food Biotechnology in the United States:Science, Regulation and IssuesScience, Regulation, and Issues [02-Jun-1999]
RS22522 - Potential Challenges to U.S. Farm Subsidies in the WTO: A Brief Overview [01-Jun-2007]
RS21970 - The U.S. Farm Economy [31-May-2007]
RL30573 - Changes Recently Announced by EPA to Its Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Proposal [31-May-2000]
RS21212 - Agricultural Disaster Assistance [29-May-2007]
IB10098 - Fruits and Vegetables: Issues for Congress [29-May-2002]
IB97011 - Dairy Policy Issues [26-May-2005]
RL32401 - Agriculture as a Source of Barge Demand on the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers: Background and Issues [26-May-2004]
RL34019 - Eliminating the Planting Restrictions on Fruits and Vegetables in the Farm Commodity Programs [25-May-2007]
IB10063 - Animal Agriculture: Issues in the 107th Congress [24-May-2002]
IB10113 - War On Drugs: Legislation in the 108th Congress and Related Developments [23-May-2003]
96-450 - Grazing Fees: An Overview [21-May-1996]
96-351 - Wheat, Feed Grains, Cotton, Rice, and Oilseeds Provisions of the Enacted 1996 Farm Bill [20-May-1996]
RL32199 - Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE, or “Mad Cow Disease”): Current and Proposed Safeguards [19-May-2007]
RL34103 - Sugar Policy and the 2007 Farm Bill [15-May-2008]
98-451 - Animal Waste Management and the Environment: Background for Current Issues [12-May-1998]
RL33421 - USDA Rural Housing Programs: An Overview [11-May-2006]
RS21747 - Avian Influenza: Agricultural Issues [10-May-2006]
97-817 - Agriculture and Fast Track or Trade Promotion Authority [10-May-2002]
97-673 - Conservation Reserve Program: Status and Current Issues [08-May-2001]
IB10077 - Agricultural Trade Issues in the 107 th Congress [03-May-2002]
RL31195 - The 2002 Farm Bill: Overview and Status [03-May-2002]
96-389 - NAFTA and U.S. - Mexico Cattle Trade [02-May-1996]
RS20564 - Conservation Reserve Paymentsand Self-Employment Taxes [01-May-2000]
96-381 - Agricultural Marketing and Regulatory Provisions of the 1996 Farm Bill [30-Apr-1996]
RS22434 - U.S.-Canada Corn Trade Dispute [28-Apr-2006]
RL33697 - Potential Challenges to U.S. Farm Subsidies in the WTO [26-Apr-2007]
RS22653 - Animal Identification: Overview and Issues [26-Apr-2007]
95-712 - The Effects on U.S. Farm Workers of an Agricultural Guest Worker Program [25-Apr-2007]
RL30943 - Energy Costs and Agriculture [24-Apr-2001]
98-403 - Farm Commodity Programs: Sugar [24-Apr-1998]
RS20043 - Pesticide Residue Regulation: Analysis of Food Quality Protection Act Implementation [20-Apr-2001]
RL32426 - U.S.-Canada Wheat Trade Dispute [19-Apr-2006]
IB10061 - Exempting Food and Agriculture Products from U.S. Economic Sanctions: Status and Implementation [18-Apr-2006]
95-353 - Federal Farm Promotion (''Check-off'') Programs [17-Apr-2007]
RL34198 - U.S. Food and Agricultural Imports: Safeguards and Selected Issues [16-Apr-2008]
RS22115 - Japan-U.S. Beef Trade Issues [13-Apr-2005]
RL33958 - Animal Agriculture: 2007 Farm Bill Issues [11-Apr-2007]
RS20621 - Overview of NEPA Requirements [10-Apr-2007]
96-648 - Conservation Compliance for Agriculture: Status and Policy Issues [10-Apr-1998]
RS21985 - The Canadian Hog Trade Dispute [06-Apr-2005]
RL33950 - Land Conversion in the Northern Plains [05-Apr-2007]
96-304 - The 1996 Farm Bill: Comparison of Selected Provisions with Previous Law [04-Apr-1996]
RL31095 - Emergency Funding for Agriculture: A Brief History of Supplemental Appropriations, FY1989-FY2006 [03-Apr-2006]
RL32012 - Animal Identification and Meat Traceability [29-Mar-2005]
RS20896 - Farm Commodity Programs: Wool and Mohair [29-Mar-2005]
93-356 - The Steel Jaw Leghold Trap: Issues and Concerns [29-Mar-1993]
RS20515 - Precision Agriculture: A Primer [27-Mar-2000]
95-548 - Forest Health: Overview [27-Mar-1998]
RL30169 - Export Administration Act of 1979 Reauthorization [26-Mar-2001]
IB95117 - Sugar Policy Issues [23-Mar-2005]
RL31301 - Appropriations for FY2003: U.S. Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies [22-Mar-2002]
RL33327 - Agricultural Research, Education, and Extension: Issues and Background [20-Mar-2006]
RL30108 - Economic Sanctions and U.S. Agricultural Exports [20-Mar-2000]
RS20507 - Labeling of Genetically Modified Foods [20-Mar-2000]
RS22835 - The FY2009 Budget Request for the U.S. Department of Agriculture [17-Mar-2008]
RL33928 - Ethanol and Biofuels: Agriculture, Infrastructure, and Market Constraints Related to Expanded Production [16-Mar-2007]
RS22404 - European Union Biofuels Policy and Agriculture: An Overview [16-Mar-2006]
RL32278 - Trends in U.S. Agricultural Export Credit Guarantee Programs and P.L. 480, Title I, FY1992-FY2002 [16-Mar-2004]
RS22526 - Animal Agriculture: Selected Issues for Congress [15-Mar-2007]
RS20169 - Agriculture and China?s Accession to the World Trade Organization [13-Mar-2001]
RS20840 - Farm Program Spending: What's Permitted Under the Uruguay Round Agreements [13-Mar-2001]
APBB - Agriculture Policy & Farm Bill Briefing Book [12-Mar-2001]
RS20839 - Mad Cow Disease: Agriculture Issues [12-Mar-2001]
RL32627 - Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (?Mad Cow Disease?) and Canadian Beef Imports [11-Mar-2005]
RL30108 - Agricultural Exports and Food Aid Programs [11-Mar-1999]
IB98006 - Agricultural Export and Food Aid Programs [09-Mar-2006]
RS21418 - Regulation of Plant-Based Pharmaceuticals [08-Mar-2005]
IB10019 - Western Water Resource Issues [08-Mar-2006]
RL32809 - Agricultural Biotechnology: Background and Recent Issues [07-Mar-2005]
IB10109 - Agricultural Biotechnology: Overview and Selected Issues [07-Mar-2005]
RS20913 - Farm ?Counter-Cyclical Assistance? [07-Mar-2002]
RL33898 - Climate Change: The Role of the U.S. Agriculture Sector [06-Mar-2007]
97-322 - Federal Milk Marketing Orders: A Primer [06-Mar-1997]
96-165 - Conservation Provisions in S. 1541 and H.R. 2854 [06-Mar-1996]
RS20802 - Tobacco Farmer Assistance [05-Mar-2004]
97-325 - Agricultural Research, Education, Extension and Economics Programs: A Primer [04-Mar-1997]
RS22071 - The FY2006 Budget Request for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) [02-Mar-2005]
96-760 - Conservation Reserve Program: Status and Policy Issues [24-Feb-1997]
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