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A recently introduced bill could have far-reaching impact on the U.S. sugar industry, including American Crystal Sugar, a farmer-owned cooperative that locked out 1,300 Midwest workers on Aug. 1.
The chairman for Herman Cain’s Iowa effort says the campaign “relied more on the word of farmers than Washington regulators” in deciding to run an ad containing claims the Environmental Protection Agency says are false.
The Iowa Senate will remain under the control of a slim 26-25 Democratic majority when it reconvenes in January 2012.
UPDATE: Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, released the "Chairman's Mark" of his proposed 2007 Farm Bill Tuesday. The mark includes all of the titles of the proposed Farm Bill, with the exception of the Conservation Title, which is not yet completed. The draft may be viewed on the agriculture committee's website here.
The agriculture committee will convene at 8:30 a.m. Iowa time Wednesday, Oct. 24 to formally vote on the proposed bill. Members of the agriculture committee will have the opportunity to offer amendments during this formal "mark-up" of the bill.
Once the bill is passed by the committee, it will go to the full U.S. Senate where it may be further amended before final approval.
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