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Farm Bill Press Conference: Congressional negotiators announced a final farm bill conference agreement at a press conference on May 8, 2008.  A bipartisan, bicameral group discussed the details of the final bill, which makes investments in conservation, energy, nutrition and rural development while continuing and strengthening farm income protection. The archived press conference will be uploaded to this page soon.

 

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Archived audio of Tuesday, May 2, 2008, Farm Bill conference call . (Uses Windows Media Player)

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson and Farm Bill conferee Representative Earl Pomeroy of North Dakota, a member of the House Agriculture and House Ways and Means Committees, hosted a conference call for Minnesota and North Dakota reporters. The audio is separated into four clips:

  • Clip 1 (15 min, 22 sec)
  • Clip 2 (14 min, 31 sec)
  • Clip 3 (14 min, 24 sec)
  • Clip 4 (9 min, 24 sec)

    (Each .mp3 file is 3MB in size)

Archived webcast of Tuesday, July 24, 2007, Farm Bill press conference. (Uses Windows Media Player)

Archived webcast of Wednesday, December 5, 2007, Renewable Fuel Standard press conference. (Uses Windows Media Player)

 

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