Stabenow: Farm bill committee will lean left ■ Updating things on the farm bill: DairyBusiness Update reports that a formal conference committee between the House and Senate to resolve differences between the two versions is on hold as House Republican leaders continue to strategize their next step on the bill’s nutrition title, according to the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture. With less than two weeks before Congress begins its August recess, House leaders have yet to unveil separate legislation dealing with the nutrition programs. While it would be possible to begin a conference without the House addressing them, it has been widely expected that House leaders would attempt to address those programs before appointing conferees, according to DBU. The International Dairy Foods Association warned that a conference of the House and Senate versions of the farm
bill seems unlikely until after the August recess. The Senate has officially asked that a conference committee be formed to negotiate the farm bill, noting that its version has significant differences from the House-passed bill. Senate Ag Committee chair Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., announced that the
ratio of Senate Democrats to Republicans would be 7-5, but did not name the participants. Lee Mielke is a syndicated columnist who resides in Everson, Wash. His weekly column is featured in newspapers across the country and he may be reached at lkmielke@juno.com. ❖
THE LAND, AUGUST 2, 2013
MIELKE, from pg. 18A interest remains fairly good. Cash Grade A nonfat dry milk inched a half-cent higher, to $1.78, with three cars trading hands on the week. Extra Grade remained at $1.73. AMS-powder averaged $1.7357, up 1.7 cents. Dry whey averaged 58.35 cents, up a penny. Milk production across the nation continues to decline seasonally as summer advances, according to USDA. Bottling use is mostly steady, but many bottlers note they are on the cusp of strong demand for fluid milk for schools reopening. Looking “back to the futures;” second half Federal order 2013 Class III contracts portended an $18.48 per hundredweight average on June 14. That figure slipped to $18.34 June 21, $17.87 on June 28, $18.02 on July 5, $17.91 on July 12, $18.33 on July 19, and was trading around $17.94 late morning July 26.
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