Topic: U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition And Forestry Committee

The Senate Agriculture Committee on Tuesday heard a Minnesota farmer and others explain the impact the MF Global bankruptcy had on their...

Lawmakers agitated over lack of MF Global answers

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers investigating the collapse of futures brokerage MF Global showed frustration with the firm's leaders about what happened to hundreds of millions of dollars in missing customer funds.The Senate Agriculture Committee on Tuesday holds the second ...

Lawmakers Want Corzine in Witness Chair

The House Agriculture Committee has issued a subpoena to bring former MF Global CEO Jon Corzine in to testify before the committee next week. . The...

Key senators says MF Global collapse is damaging

0 . The top Democrat and Republican on a key Senate panel say Congress should look deeply into what led to the collapse of MF Global, a trading ...

Sen. farm solution for food problem

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) marked New York's 10th annual Farm Day in Washington Tuesday with a call for more farm-fresh produce for families...

Senate panel set to vote on CFTC nominee on Tuesday

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Agriculture Committee plans to vote on Tuesday on Mark Wetjen who has been nominated as a commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which is in the midst of crafting dozens of new financial reform rules.An aide ...

Kansas City Fed watching surge in farmland values

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank is "watching the market closely" against signs of a speculative bubble in surging farmland values in the Plains, its president told U.S. senators on Thursday.President Tom Hoenig said a return of normal ...

School lunch program likely to be overhauled

0 The biggest overhaul of the national school lunch program and other federal food programs in 30 years is expected to pass the House today...
Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow will chair Senate Agriculture Committee in next CongressMichigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow will become the next chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee.Stabenow will replace Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, who lost her bid for re-election this year ...

Senate Committee OKs Mandatory Price Reporting Act

The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee on Aug. 6 approved by voice vote the Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting Act, S.3656, which will extend reporting requirements of livestock daily markets for five years. The legislation will amend the Agricultural Marketing Act ...