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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, December 29, 2024
In writing the five-year 2018 farm bill, Congress could add new provisions to support aquaculture, with the added benefit of boosting soybean growers’ income, according to testimony at a Senate hearing Tuesday.
Key senators are scrambling to rework a benefit for farmer cooperatives that was created by the new tax law, and the fix couldn’t come soon enough for owners of private elevators like Doug Bell.
Critical new funding for the farm bill is in limbo as congressional leaders and the White House show little sign of progress toward a broader deal on government spending and immigration.
Congressional Republicans say they reached agreement on a final tax bill that will provide a new 20-percent deduction for pass-through income from farms and small businesses.
Senate Republicans look to move their tax bill as soon as this week over broad opposition from Democrats, who argue that the GOP's top legislative priority would be a giveaway to corporations and the rich.
Farms could see different impacts on their federal tax returns under the varying and complex rules in the tax legislation that Republicans are seeking to push through the House and Senate.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 2017 - Bill Northey, the Iowa agriculture secretary nominated to oversee USDA’s farm and conservation programs, promised senators he would work to protect crop insurance, improve customer service and assist farmers in addressing water quality issues.
WASHINGTON, August 9, 2017 - The Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. Senate both took steps last week to help expand broadband service in rural areas.
WASHINGTON, July 27, 2017 - A trio of nominees to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission pledged to protect the ability of farmers and ranchers to hedge against volatility in the commodity markets.
WASHINGTON, July 10, 2017 – Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today gave the go-ahead to conduct emergency haying on Conservation Reserve Program lands to help provide feed for livestock in drought-stricken areas of Montana and North and South Dakota.
