Articles Tagged with ''Inflation Reduction Act''

Republicans pushed their $1.5 trillion farm bill through the House Agriculture Committee early Friday with the help of four critical Democratic votes, giving the massive legislation some momentum as it heads to an uncertain future in the full House.

In this opinion piece, Adam Putnam, CEO of Ducks Unlimited, highlights why the world’s largest non-profit dedicated to conserving North America’s wetlands and waterfowl habitat supports the voluntary, incentive-based policies included in the House farm bill’s conservation title.

Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee are set to push their farm bill through the panel this with week, but the big question is whether they will have the Democratic support they would need to give the mammoth legislation some momentum heading to the House floor.

In this opinion piece, Jonathan Coppess, Gardner associate professor in agriculture policy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, argues that it's vital for Congress to pass a new farm bill that protects the climate-related investments made by the Inflation Reduction Act. 

In this opinion piece, Jamie Clark, President and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife, says Congress must allocate sufficient funds for wildlife conservation to prioritize healthy, biodiverse habitats and combat the effects of climate change.

Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee are proposing to raise Price Loss Coverage reference prices by 10% to 20% depending on the commodity, while also providing increased income protection to growers under the Agriculture Risk Coverage program and crop insurance, according to a section-by-section summary released Friday.

House Agriculture Committee Democrats have offered a counter proposal on the farm bill that suggests using USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation funding authority to shore up commodity programs and crop insurance, according to a summary of the proposal obtained by Agri-Pulse.