2008 Farm Bill

NACD's mission is to serve conservation districts by providing national leadership and a unified voice for natural resource conservation.

The complete farm bill, the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008, was enacted on June 18, 2008.

NACD’s farm bill development process and interaction with Congress spanned the past three years. NACD will continue to be engaged in the implementation of the farm bill, providing appropriate comments to USDA on rules and regulations.

NACD will continuously update this site with information on the implementation of the 2008 Farm Bill, as more information on the schedule of USDA activities become available.

Summaries of the 2008 bill, recent action and the NACD farm bill process can be found below.

Recent Activity

NACD Comments on State Technical Committees and Local Work Groups, December 16, 2008 | PDF |
Letter to USDA Regarding Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative, August 27, 2008 | PDF |
NACD Weighs in on Proposed Cuts to Farm Bill Conservation Programs, August 13, 2008 | HTML | PDF |
NACD Comments to USDA regarding proposed EQIP regulations, August 8, 2008 | PDF |

Related items:

Building Your Local Work Group Q&A | PDF |

Local Work Groups Briefing Document | PDF |

NACD Comments to USDA-NRCS regarding the Chesapeake Bay Program, July 31, 2008 | PDF |
2008 Farm Bill Implementation Briefing Paper, July 11, 2008 | HTML | PDF |
2008 Farm Bill Comparison Chart, June 10, 2008 - Side by side comparison of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 and 1985 Food Security Act as amended/current law. | PDF |
LETTER: Veto Overide Letter, May 21, 2008 | House | Senate |
SUMMARY: Conservation Title Summary, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, May 13, 2008 (external link)
SUMMARY: Forestry Title Summary, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, May 13, 2008 (external link)
SUMMARY: Summary of Conservation Title, Conference Report to H.R. 2419, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture, May, 13, 2008 (external link)
LETTER: Coalition Letter Urges Farm Bill Passage, May 13, 2008 | House | Senate |
LETTER: Joint Letter on 2008 Farm Bill Adjusted Gross Income (AGI), House Majority and Minority Leaders and Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and Senate Majority and Minority Leaders and Committee on Agriculture, May 5, 2008 | PDF |
LETTER: Joint Farm Bill Conservation Letter, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry and House Agriculture Committee, April 17, 2008 | HTML | PDF |
Latest Farm Bill Comparison Chart, February 12, 2008 - Side by side comparison of the Senate passed Farm Bill, the House passed Farm Bill and 2002 Farm Bill. | PDF |
Forestry Title Comparison Chart, January 18, 2008 - Side by side comparison of the Forestry Title in the Senate passed Farm Bill, the House passed Farm Bill and 2002 Farm Bill. | PDF |
NACD Farm Bill Issue Paper | HTML | PDF |
LETTER: Support for Strong Conservation Title, Senate Agriculture Committee Leadership, October 11, 2007 | HTML | PDF |
LETTER: Conservation Program Administration, Senate Agriculture Committee Leadership, September 13, 2007 | HTML | PDF |
House 2007 Conservation Title Proposal, July 26, 2007 | PDF |
LETTER: Support for House Farm Bill, House Agricultural Committee Leadership, July 23, 2007 | HTML | PDF |

LETTER: Support for Removal of Farm Bill Provision, House Agricultural Committee Leadership, July 16 2007 | HTML | PDF |

NEWS RELEASE: House Farm Bill Proposal Threatens Locally-Led Conservation, July 9, 2007, Washington D.C.

LETTER: Farm Bill Proposal, House Agriculture Committee Chairman, July 9, 2007 | HTML | PDF |

LETTER: Farm Bill Priorities, House Agriculture Committee Chairman, June 19, 2007 | HTML | PDF |
TESTIMONY: Conservation Policy Recommendations for the 2007 Farm Bill, Olin Sims, May 1, 2007 | HTML | PDF |

SAMPLE LETTER: Farm Bill Reauthorization Letter to send to your Senators and Representative, April 27, 2007

TESTIMONY: 2007 Farm Bill Conservation Policy Recommendations, Olin Sims, April 19, 2007 | HTML | PDF |

CORE STATEMENTS: NACD Farm Bill 2007 Core Statements, February 7, 2007

LETTER: Farm Bill Coalition Letter, January 30, 2007, Senate Committee on Budget | HTML |

LETTER: Farm Bill Coalition Letter, January 30, 2007, House Committee on Budget | HTML |

Agriculture Committees - 110th Congress

Obligations to States, County by County, for select Farm Bill Programs

TESTIMONY: Farm Bill Conservation Programs, Jim Ham, January 17, 2007 | HTML | PDF |

PRINCIPALS: NACD Farm Bill Principals, August 21, 2006 | HTML | PDF |

TESTIMONY: Landowner Needs, Gene Schmidt, July 27, 2006 | HTML | PDF |

TESTIMONY: Landowner Needs, Bill Wilson, July 27, 2006 | HTML | PDF |

TESTIMONY: Farm Bill Priorities, Jim Ham, June 23, 2006 | HTML | PDF |

TESTIMONY: 2002 Farm Bill Conservation Provisions, Olin Sims, June 7, 2006 | HTML | PDF |