Farmers in Illinois are watching as the House takes up its version of the farm bill this week.  The House has said no to mandatory funding for renewable energy programs for small businesses and farmers.  Andy Olsen, senior policy advocate with the Environmental Law and Policy Center, says these technologies are now proven and commercially available, but without mandatory funding they may be out of reach of many rural Illinoisans…



Without reauthorization from Congress, the energy title programs in the farm bill will expire on September 30^th.