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Articles Tagged with ''Inflation Reduction Act''

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House Ag Democrats lay out farm bill demands

The House Agriculture Committee’s Democratic minority on Wednesday released a set of farm bill priorities that make clear they are united in opposing any cuts in projected nutrition assistance or Inflation Reduction Act funding to pay for boosting commodity programs or addressing other parts of the farm bill.
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Vasquez: IRA funding helps support USDA

A New Mexico lawmaker says the extra Inflation Reduction Act funding allocated to conservation programs will help the Department of Agriculture have the staffing levels and money necessary to address producer demand for assistance.



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Peterson skeptical of moving IRA money

Former House Ag Committee Chair Collin Peterson says moving the Inflation Reduction Act’s conservation funds to commodity program supports is “off the table” for Ag Committee Democrats in the House and Senate, and people trying to do just that “are dreaming.”


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