"SEATTLE -- The largest U.S. farm group will oppose aggressively 'misguided' climate legislation pending in Congress and fight animal rights activists, said American Farm Bureau Federation president Bob Stallman on Sunday.

In a speech opening the four-day AFBF convention, Stallman said American farmers and ranchers 'must aggressively respond to extremists' and 'misguided, activist-driven regulation ... The days of their elitist power grabs are over.'

Stallman's remarks held a sharper edge than usual for the 6 million-member AFBF, the largest U.S. farm group and often described as the most influential. Its convention opens a string of wintertime meetings where farm groups take positions on public issues."

Charles Abbott reports for Reuters January 12, 2010. [2]

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"Peterson Flips, Would Now Vote Against Climate Bill" (Washington Independent) [3]

New Study Quantifies Climate Tipping Points (The Daily Climate) [4]

"Farm Bureau Fires Back Against Climate Bill's 'Power Grab' (ClimateWire) [5]

"The American Farm Bureau Goes All In" (Grist) [6]

"Big Ag Not Content With Concessions in House Climate Bill" (Grist) [7]

"Farm Lobby: Shoot the Climate Bill, But Keep the Peterson Goodies" (Grist) [8]

"Jesse Ventura Body-Slams the Climate Change 'Conspiracy'" (Mother Jones) [9]

"Betting the Farm" (Mother Jones) [10]

"Big Ag Looks to Plow Under Senate Climate Bill" (Mother Jones) [11]

"Ag Lobby Vows Even More Aggressive Fight Against Climate Bill" (Mother Jones) [12]