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Washington Week Ahead: House readies farm bill talks

07/15/18 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher

The House takes a key step this week toward beginning negotiations with the Senate on a final farm bill, but the talks may not formally begin until August.

Congressional negotiators eye farm bill finish line

07/03/18 11:00 AM By Philip Brasher

The passage of the House and Senate farm bills over two weeks and the overwhelming, bipartisan margin of support for the Senate measure is providing new optimism that Congress can agree on a final version that President Donald Trump will sign this fall.

Bipartisan farm bill sails through Senate after crop insurance, Cuba drama

06/28/18 6:07 PM By Philip Brasher

A bipartisan farm bill that would protect crop insurance and commodity programs as well as nutrition assistance from cuts passed the Senate by an overwhelming margin, 86-11, clearing the way for negotiations to begin next month with the House.

Senators target crop insurance, sugar in farm bill debate

06/27/18 6:52 AM By Philip Brasher

Leaders of the Senate Agriculrure Committee are working this week to protect their farm bill from floor amendments that could cut crop insurance or other key programs.

Funding battle awaits farm bill negotiations

06/27/18 6:44 AM By Philip Brasher

The House and Senate Agriculture committees faced the tough task of squeezing existing programs to find money to pay for other programs that the 2014 farm bill will leave unfunded when it expires Sept. 30.

White House criticizes Senate farm bill but avoids veto threat

06/26/18 12:02 PM By Philip Brasher

The White House criticized the Senate farm bill for not tightening work requirements for food stamp recipients and omitting regulatory reform proposals, but the administration notably stopped short of threatening a veto of the legislation.

Trump administration plan would shift USDA programs

Department’s nutrition, housing, food safety programs would be on the move

06/21/18 4:21 PM By Spencer Chase

A plan announced today by the Trump administration would shift Department of Agriculture programs to different government agencies, dramatically shrinking the size and scope of the department.

House GOP pushes through farm bill on second try

06/21/18 4:05 PM By Philip Brasher

House Republicans revived their farm bill and its expanded work rules for food stamp recipients by narrowly passing the legislation with the help of conservatives who had used the measure as leverage to get the House to act on immigration policy.

SNAP will loom over farm bill negotiations

06/20/18 6:55 AM By Philip Brasher

If history is a guide, there’s little chance Congress will enact a new farm bill this year. Congress hasn’t enacted a farm bill in the same year it was first introduced since 1990, which is what lawmakers are trying to do this year.

Senate Ag leaders reach deal on farm bill

06/07/18 10:18 AM By Philip Brasher and Spencer Chase

Leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee have reached agreement on a bipartisan farm bill that would keep the 2014 farm law largely intact while avoiding a partisan fight over food stamps.

Agri-Pulse Open Mic: Chuck Conner, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives

This week’s Open Mic guest is Chuck Conner, President and CEO of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives. With planting season underway in some areas of the country, Conner suggests the nation’s farmer owned cooperatives are well stocked as producers prepare for the 2025 growing season. Conner says many or coops anticipated tariff issues and took early shipment of supplies for this season. A veteran of Capitol Hill policy debates, he acknowledges plenty of uncertainty surrounding the farm bill, tax policy and tariffs. Despite challenges, Conner believes legislators will take action on taxes and hopefully a new set of farm and nutrition programs.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: March 28, 2025: Castaneda, Kuball on ag labor, trade

President Trump’s planned reciprocal tariffs are expected to go into effect next week. We spoke with Jaime Castaneda from the National Milk Producers Federation and Cassandra Kuball from Torrey Advisory Group about how the proposals could impact agriculture. They also discuss the potential for ag labor reform with Trump's stricter immigration policies.

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