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January 7 - Congress Narrowly Averts Fiscal Cliff

January 7 - Farm Policy in Year-End Agreement

January 7 - Farm Programs Partially Reauthorized, but Agriculture Panel Leaders Are Unsatisfied

January 7 - Taxes, Spending in Year-End Agreement

January 14 - 2012 Legislative Summary: Agriculture Appropriations

January 14 - 2012 Legislative Summary: Farm Policy

January 14 - Farm-State Senators Not for the Birds

January 21 - Key Senate Vote of 2012: Farm Bill Reauthorization

March 25 - House Committee Takes Aim at Dodd-Frank Law

March 25 - USDA Puts Some Gristle Into Meat Label Rules

April 15 - GOP Claims EPA Gave TMI Under FOIA

April 22 - Immigration Overhaul Proposal

May 6 - Avocados May Get Green Light

May 13 - Bills to Alter Pharmaceutical Distribution Supply Chain, Renew User Fees Advance in House, Senate

May 20 - Panels Advance Farm Bills

May 20 - Wine: Charles Jefferson, Linda Ulrich

June 3 - Associations: John W. Bode

June 3 - Farm Bill on Track for Vote in Senate; Food Stamp Reductions Defeated

June 3 - Feeding More People Faster -- But What's The Cost?

June 3 - Fiscal 2014 Appropriations: Agriculture

June 10 - Farm Bill Heads for Senate Floor Vote After Disputes Over Amendments

June 10 - House OKs User Fees to Fund Approval of Animal Drugs

June 10 - House Panel Approves Spending Bill With Deep Cuts to Food Aid Programs

June 10 - Legalize Hemp, Maybe

June 17 - Cuts in Food Aid Are Central Issue As Farm Bill Shifts to House

June 17 - House Panel Backs Agriculture Bill With Cuts to CFTC, WIC Program

June 17 - Keeping Profits From Going Sour

June 24 - Farm Bill Rejection a Defeat for Boehner

June 24 - Funding Increase for Agriculture Programs, FDA Approved by Panel

June 24 - Immigration Overhaul Bill Gains Momentum

June 24 - Major Labor-Related Provisions of the Senate Immigration Bill

June 24 - Seeking Some Fresh Ideas on Stink Bugs

June 24 - Tough Times Return for Boehner

July 8 - Defeated Farm Bill Leaves Amendments Stranded

July 8 - Middle of the Road Rage

July 15 - House GOP Backs New Farm Bill

July 22 - Steps Taken for Farm Bill Conference

July 29 - Onion Farmers Take Umbrage

July 29 - Risky Business in Animal Feed

August 5 - Waging an Upstream Fight for Salmon Fishermen

September 2 - Shell Game: FDA to Loosen Turtle Rules

September 9 - Struggles Over SNAP

September 16 - After 50 Years, Poverty Measuring Tool Is Rusty

September 16 - Food Stamps Eligibility

September 16 - Infamous Trail Has Its Backers

September 16 - The GOP's Food for Thought on SNAP

September 23 - House Passes Food Assistance Overhaul

September 30 - 'Organic' Label Has Exceptions to the Rule

October 7 - Farm Bill Combined With Nutrition Program Measure

October 28 - A Farm Bill Limit That Two Sides Like

November 4 - House Panel Approves Looser Rules for Pesticides Near Navigable Waters

November 4 - Lean Times for Food Stamps

November 11 - Fire on the Mountains

November 11 - Nothing Fuzzy in This Plan

November 18 - Associations: Michael J. Ryan Jr.

November 18 - Invasive Species: Expensive Fights, Extensive Effects

November 18 - Invasive Species: Updating the Etiquette for Unwelcome Guests

November 18 - Still Hungry for a Fight Over Labels on Genetically Modified Food

November 18 - The Obama Administration's Legal Angles

December 2 - Agriculture: Richard Sellers

December 2 - Heated Debate Over Fertilizer

December 9 - Groundwork, but No Deals Yet on Budget, Farm Bill, 'Doc Fix'

December 9 - New England Fishermen Ask for a Safety Net

December 16 - House Passes Short-Term Farm Law Extension as Conference Advances