Rep. Bob Goodlatte, the vice-chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, has introduced a bill that would allow flexibility in the RFS based on supplies of corn.

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The Minnesota House Agriculture Committee approved a bill March 10 that will allow the hunting and trapping of Minnesota gray wolves as long as the state wolf population exceeds 1, 600 animals.

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There are signs that the House agriculture committee agrees.

ECONOMIST: Agriculture

Corzine, the former Goldman Sachs CEO and former New Jersey governor, testified before the House Committee on Agriculture last year over the matter saying he has no idea where the money went.

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That has prompted the agriculture committee of the (federal) House of Commons to threaten fines.

ECONOMIST: Canada

The problem is an amendment that Mr Byrd tacked on to this year's agriculture-appropriations bill in the committee to thrash out differences between the House and Senate.

ECONOMIST: Trade

The bill, co-written by Kagan Owens of the National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides, is in the Committee on Agriculture, awaiting action by the U.S. House of Representatives.

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One of the most controversial outstanding issues that is likely to drop out of the discussion once the bill has to get matched up with the House version is a proposal by Arkansas Democrat Blanche Lincoln, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, to force banks to spin off their swaps trading desks.

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