Farmers Come Out Winners in General Assembly Session The Indiana General Assembly wrapped up its session late Friday night; and, now that the dust has settled, a review of the session shows that Indiana farmers did pretty well. There were very few farm-related bills in the session and that in itself is a victory, says [...]

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The board of the nation’s largest general farm organization has sent a Farm Bill proposal up to Capitol Hill. The American Farm Bureau plan could be a big help to House and Senate agriculture committees, which are starting over writing a Farm Bill from scratch since they weren’t able to get one passed last year. Edwardsport, IN farmer Don Vilwock,

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SB373, which would protect farming operations from unauthorized photography or videotaping, went before the House Judiciary Committee on Monday. Bob Kraft with IFB says the bill underwent some major editing, "The bill now no longer even mentions videotaping, it is really a trespass bill."

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The American Farm Bureau Federation is sending a farm bill proposal to Capitol Hill today. Approved this weekend by the AFBF Board of Directors, the proposal offers a diverse mix of risk management and safety net tools to benefit a wide range of farms and it saves $23 billion compared to the cost of continuing [...]

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According to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s first Semi-Annual Marketbasket Survey – shoppers paid about two-percent more for food at the grocery store at the beginning of 2013 compared to the fourth quarter of 2012. The informal survey shows the total cost of 16 food items that can be used to prepare one or more [...]

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A bill to protect Indiana farmers from unauthorized videotaping on their farms is running into stiff opposition at the Statehouse. After passing easily through the Senate, SB 373 drew a standing room only crowd before the House Ag Committee last Thursday.

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The American Farm Bureau Federation has expressed to Congress how new Medicare taxes, the health insurance tax and penalties for failure to meet coverage requirements will harm U.S. farm and ranch families. The Medicare Contribution Tax is a tax on unearned income – such as capital gains – and AFBF says it will burden farmers [...]

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Ag Bills Making Progress in General Assembly With the current session of the Indiana General Assembly not even at the half way mark, several key pieces of farm legislation have already seen action. Indiana Farm Bureau’s top priority for this session was passage of a bill to stop implementation of a new soil productivity formula [...]

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The American Farm Bureau Federation says legislation introduced in the House to repeal the Health Insurance Tax is a major step for farmers, ranchers and small businesses that would otherwise be negatively impacted by healthcare reform. Farm Bureau President Bob Stallman says the cost of health insurance is a major concern for farmers and ranchers [...]

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Indiana Farm Bureau thanks the Indiana General Assembly for its quick and unanimous passage of Senate Bill 319, which addresses unreasonable increases in the state’s soil productivity factor proposed by the state’s Department of Local Government Finance. The soil productivity factor is one component in the complex calculation used to assess property tax. The bipartisan bill [...]

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