Articles Tagged with ''GT Thompson''

In this opinion piece, Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan, discusses how the Republican farm bill framework would enhance national food security while benefitting rural Americans far beyond the field. 

House members return to Washington to battle over fiscal 2025 spending bills ahead of the national party conventions, and Ag Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson says he’ll be trying to round up support for the farm bill his panel advanced before the Memorial Day weekend.

The House Agriculture Committee's farm bill may not get a floor vote until September at the earliest due to the appropriations process that is expected to dominate the chamber's work this summer, Chairman Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., told Agri-Pulse Thursday during a break in the committee's debate over the legislation. 

Leaders of the House and Senate Ag committees announced dueling plans for a new farm bill as the partisan impasse appeared to deepen ahead of the House panel’s planned votes on May 23. House Ag Chairman Glenn Thompson released a broad summary of his planned legislation, and his Senate counterpart, Debbie Stabenow, followed with a much more detailed section-by-section summary of her draft bill.

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 Chair Glenn "G.T." Thompson has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, the Pennsylvania Republican said Tuesday.

As the crop insurance industry gears up for a new farm bill, two former members of Congress will be advising AACI to help support their efforts.