Articles Tagged with ''Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program''

Farmers who have experienced discrimination from USDA in farm lending programs should get assistance sometime this summer, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing Wednesday that lacked the partisan vitriol of the secretary’s appearance last week before the House Ag Committee.

Lawmakers have until Friday to pass the first of their fiscal 2024 spending bills, including the measure needed to fund USDA, or they’ll have to pass another stopgap spending measure to avert a partial shutdown of the government.  The Biden administration also is scheduled to announce a critical update of the GREET model that’s used to measure the carbon intensity of biofuels.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack heads to Capitol Hill this week amid a deepening partisan stalemate over how to fund a new farm bill, and he will also keynote USDA's 2024 Ag Outlook Forum

House Agriculture Committee Republicans want to use the farm bill to improve the operation of programs such as the Supplemental Assistance Nutrition Program, the chairman of the the Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture subcommittee says.

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow is circulating some ideas for farm program reforms that include an increase in effective reference prices that would benefit all commodities, plus an unspecified improvement in marketing loans.

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says Congress should look outside the nutrition title to address funding issues in the upcoming farm bill.