Farm Bill 2010

-> Ca for many years didn't get much out of the farm bill

why the farm bill matters and what the FB can do with

-> story of consoldation - using dairy / competition and fairness issues / can farmers make a living?

in theory every 5 yrs / last 2008 / next one expires in 2013... and this could be what's proven wrong but people think 2012 will be tackled...

deficit is theme...

Legislastive Phase

Implementation phase - usda gets instructions from farm bill - expands regulations into huge stacks of paper - can take years to get rules out of USDA...

2/3 of Farm Bil = Food Stamps, EBT

Funding - Appropriations - "It's all about the word manditory"

usda and farm bill - food stamps and 80% of usda budget is mandatory... 20% is decretionary = political.

COOL labeling

appropriations are every year

WHAT NEEDS to change from descretionary to funded = economic delopmenty / rebuilding regional food / infrastructure grants /

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Dairy example:

needs - markets that work / big buys don't need to be bullys

economic develipment

rebuilding food systems - "it will take govt. intervention to rebuild them"

There is the eternal policy about commodities - we have a cheap corn and cheap wheat policy.

beneficiary's are ADM and Cargill