Overview of federal farm policy and the federal Farm Bill.

1. Brad Redlin, Director IWLA Agricultural Programs Upper Mississippi River Initiative Missouri River Initiative Agricultural Conservation Introduction to the Farm Bill

2. IWLA Agricultural Programs 1. Background 2. Federal Farm Bill 3. Agricultural Conservation

8. US EPA Office of Water

9. IWLA Agricultural Programs 1. Background 2. Federal Farm Bill 3. Agricultural Conservation

14. “ Simply put, commodity programs wed farming regions to an ongoing pattern of economic consolidation. It should not be surprising, therefore, that the very places that depend most on federal farm payments also happen to be places where economic consolidation is happening apace…. Traditional programs simply do not provide the economic lift that farming regions need going forward.” -Federal Reserve Bank, Center for the Study of Rural America, 2005

27. Ethanol Dependency -- 2-2-09 A new South Dakota State University study highlights the ethanol industry and its importance for economic viability. In South Dakota, 60% of the corn produced went into ethanol production. In Iowa, that figure is 50% . Forty percent of Nebraska's corn goes to ethanol production; in Minnesota and Illinois, that figure is 30% . SDSU economists say this study implies a growing level of dependency on the ethanol industry for the health of the rural economy.

29. IWLA Agricultural Programs 1. Background 2. Federal Farm Bill 3. Agricultural Conservation

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38. USDA NASS August 2008

41. www.iwla.org Stewardship, Prosperity, and Fairness The Izaak Walton League of America’s values-based vision of agriculture for all of America Brad Redlin Director, Agricultural Programs 651.649.1446 ex 13 [email_address]

42. CSP contracts 2010 #1