• Committee adopts policy on the Farm Bill at Fall Forum
• Ag Chairs Summit to be held in January
• Agriculture-nutrition funding bill finished
• Eminent domain limits breeze through U.S. House
• States receive $380 million for school and road improvements

Volume 3, Issue 9 - June 10, 2005

• Agriculture agenda in the works for 2005 Annual Meeting
• U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of wineries
• CAFTA-DR to undergo mock markup
• U.S. House rebuffs SACI
• Ag appropriations passes U.S. House

Volume 3, Issue 8 - May 31, 2005

• 2005 Annual Meeting & Exhibition planning underway 
• Rural Policy Academy scheduled with NCSL Annual Meeting
• USDA announces Farm Bill listening sessions 
• PILT funding included in U.S. House FY2006 appropriations 
• NCSL participates in joint letters opposing elimination of CDBG
• CMS issues guidelines for medical reimbursement
• Indiana creates independent Department of Agriculture

Volume 3, Issue 7 - April 20, 2005

• Spring Forum a success
• Next up: 2005 Annual Meeting & Exhibition
• Rural transportation report released by USDA
• Agriculture budget presented to Senate
• Cattle disputes continue with Canada and Japan
• U.S. to comply with WTO ruling on cotton

Volume 3, Issue 6 - March 31, 2005

• NCSL releases new Preemption Monitor 
• Federal officials headline NCSL Spring Forum
• Beef trade and BSE issues continue with Canada and Japan
• Members of Congress air concerns about CAFTA
• Annual Meeting registration open 

Volume 3, Issue 5 - March 20, 2005

• NCSL Spring Forum approaches 
• NCSL releases Healthy Community Design Legislation database
• GAO criticizes FDA on oversight of cattle feed ban
• U.S. House Ag discusses Cuba trade rule
• FY2006 federal budget proposals reduce agriculture funding
• IATP releases joint project results

Volume 3, Issue 4 - March 10, 2005

• USDA clarifies national organic program standards 
• Wisconsin legislature discusses ethanol requirements 
• Rural road safety evaluated
• States work to keep animal disease investigations confidential
• NCSL Spring Forum approaches 

Volume 3, Issue 3 - February 28, 2005

• USDA alters plan to reopen beef trade
• USDA assessment of Canadian feed ban released 
• Definitions compete regarding agricultural trade with Cuba
• Refugee Rural Initiative expanding 
• NCSL Spring Forum scheduled for April in Washington

Volume 3, Issue 2 - January 31, 2005

• Legislative Agricultural Chairs Summit held in Memphis 
• USDA launches national animal identification system web site
• Animal ID pilot program begins in western states
• USDA/DOE grants available for biomass research and development
• Specialty crops program to issue grants
• Major USDA grain lab in Kansas starts renovations
• NCSL Spring Forum scheduled for April in Washington, D.C.

Volume 3, Issue 1 - January 21, 2005

• Legislative Agricultural Chairs Summit to be held in Memphis
• Chambliss named Chair of U.S. Senate Agriculture
• Nebraska governor confirmed as new head of USDA 
• Timeline of January reports on USDA beef rule, Canadian BSE
• Department of Ag grants available for marketing improvement