American Politics 101

American Politics 101m Introduction

This seeks to analyze and discuss the perspectives of the different several groups on the 2007 Farm Bill . This posits that political interests could be overlapping of conflicting between two or more groups but they could have `talking points ' which will help decision makers in putting up an acceptable and beneficial 2007 Farm Bill

2 . Analysis and Discussion

The Farm Bill is an Agri-food Bill that determines the function (or dysfunction ) of the entire U .S . food system and the economic fate of family farmers and

the food security of low-income consumers-both high-risk sectors in the U .S 's food system-are affected by the it . Said Farm Bill which funds Food Stamps and School Commodity Programs (50 of entitlements , Emergency Food Assistance , Commodity Supplemental Food and Community Food Projects , among other programs and community food activists point out that this aid (approximately 50 billion ) is insufficient to address the needs of the nation 's 36 million food insecure citizens (Philpott , 2006 (Paraphrasing made

The Farm Bill is being enacted every five years by the US congress to address one of its major industries that is agricultural industry Since the enactment of the Farm Bill 2007 will affect many people and many groups , the following section will attempts to compare the interest of there different groups in the next section

2 .1 The National Cattlemen 's Beef Association (NCBA

The NCBA has made the following Guiding Principles in regards to the formulation of the 2007 Farm Bill (1 ) Achieve a reduction in federal agriculture program spending and the deficit (2 ) Minimize direct federal involvement in agriculture (3 ) Preserve the right of individual choice in the management of land , water and other resources (4 ) Provide an opportunity to compete in foreign markets and (5 ) Oppose farm policy which favors one producer or commodity over another As for its Marketing Policy , NCBA wants that national agricultural policy should be based on a free , private enterprise competitive market system , hence its supports a producer 's ability to market his or her cattle however , whenever , and to whomever he or she wants . It believes that it is not in the national , farm or individual producer interest to vest the government with authority to (1 ) Set prices (2 ) Underwrite inefficient production , or (3 ) Manipulate domestic supply , demand , cost , or price

As for its Trade Policy , NCBA said , that ninety six percent of the world 's consumers reside outside U .S . bs and that it recognizes that the growth and profitability of the U .S . cattle and beef industry is closely tied to its ability to market our products to those consumers . It therefore supports international trade policies that aggressively pursue expanded market access for U .S . beef , enforce trade agreements that are based on internationally recognized standards and guidelines , and hold our trading partners accountable for their international trade commitments (Paraphrasing made

2 .2 The Ducks Unlimited

the Farm Bill to be reauthorized in 2007 given its potential for waterfowl...