Farm Bill Primer

Restore ATTRA Funding!

Restore ATTRA Funding - YouTube Video (2 minutes, 35 seconds)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=STKQA1yRZf8

National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture
Please Call Your Representatives and Both Senators’ Offices Immediately!!
http://www.sustainableagriculture.net/ATTRAfunding.php

Visual Resources

Map of New House Agriculture Committee
http://www.margieroswell.com/farmbill/agcommittee

Farm Bill Spending Map
http://www.margieroswell.com/farmbill/spendingmap.html
This requires Java, and takes a bit of time to load, but powerful info, once it's up. Doesn't include subsidies, yet. 
Data sources:
- Conservation: Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (SAC)
- Nutrition: Food Research and Action Center (FRAC)
- Hank Herrera provided the groupings

Subsidies by Congressional District
http://www.margieroswell.com/farmbill/subsidies.html
Data Source:
- Environmental Working Group
- I added party and region

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Flash Animations

Conservation Allocations by State: [Download]

Farm Bill Authorizations [Download]

More Good Primers

Marge Kilkelly, from the Northeast States Association for Agricultural Stewardship, sent me this helpful piece:

2007 Farm Bill in Context
http://www.slcatlanta.org/Publications/AgRD/2007_farm_bill_in_context.pdf

Also here are some more excellent CRS reports on the Farm Bill

The "Farm Bill" in Brief
http://www.cnie.org/NLE/CRSreports/06apr/RS22131.pdf

Previewing a 2007 Farm Bill
http://ncseonline.org/NLE/CRSreports/06feb/RL33037.pdf
http://ncseonline.org/NLE/CRS/abstract.cfm?NLEid=1433

And there's no better guide to the grain commodity subsidies than this:

The Non-Wonk Guide to Understanding Federal Commodity Payments
http://www.rafiusa.org/pubs/nonwonkguide

Excellent Primers and Summaries

Farm Bill Titles Summary
http://www.beefusa.org/uDocs/2002FarmBillTitles.pdf

Farm Commodity Programs: A Short Primer
http://www.nationalaglawcenter.org/assets/crs/RS20848.pdf

Farm Bill Highlights
http://www.fsa.usda.gov/pas/FullStory.asp?StoryID=1700

United States Farm Bills
http://www.nationalaglawcenter.org/farmbills/

2002 Farm Bill

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Features/FarmBill/