Articles Tagged with ''House Ag Committee''

Leaders of the House and Senate Ag committees have reached agreement on a one-year farm bill extension, but its fate hinges on whether Congress can agree on a stopgap spending bill this year.

Congress is on the clock once again. This time, a deadline for funding the federal government could have implications for farm programs.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is preparing to confirm later this morning that he will be using $2.3 billion in funding from USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation to help farm groups promote their goods in foreign markets as well as donate more U.S.-grown commodities to those in need overseas, according to government officials.

Could the third time be the charm for Jim Jordan? The House could vote again as soon as this afternoon on Jordan’s bid for the speakership.

Republicans are meeting again today as they search for consensus on a new House speaker.

Late Thursday night, the House voted down its fiscal 2024 Agriculture appropriations bill, 191-237.

Caleb Crosswhite is joining the Republican staff of the Senate Ag Committee as the new chief counsel and James Glueck is taking a new job with the Corn Refiners Association.

The Senate Agriculture Committee is wading into the controversy around foreign ownership of U.S. cropland. A long-expected hearing on the issue is scheduled for next Wednesday.

A bipartisan quintet of House Ag Committee members visited Maine Monday for a listening session on the next farm bill, and many local speakers used the event to call for improved crop insurance in the region.