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WASHINGTON, Aug. 14, 2017 - Cook County, Illinois, and the state’s Department of Human Services (IDHS) are working to resolve USDA concerns about the county’s tax on sweetened beverages in order to avoid a cutoff in funding used to administer nutrition programs.
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 9, 2017 – The top Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee told an audience of sugar producers and processors Wednesday that the biggest problem facing congressional farm bill negotiators, beyond plain old financing, is going to be what to do with SNAP, the federal nutrition program that used to be called food stamps.
SAN DIEGO, August 9, 2017 - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway, R-Texas, gave American Sugar Alliance members just what they wanted Tuesday morning – his unqualified support for the U.S. sugar program as his panel prepares to write a new farm bill.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6, 2017 - The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program received a lot of support at a farm bill listening session held in Modesto, Calif., Saturday,...
WASHINGTON, August 2, 2017 - Alongside new spending for cotton and dairy producers and demands for increased conservation funding, proposals to clamp down on unemployed food stamp recipients also could become a challenging issue as lawmakers look to write a new farm bill.
WASHINGTON, July 19, 2017 - House Republicans are looking to push through a 10-year budget blueprint that would pave the way for tax reform, but the plan potentially complicates the path to passing a new farm bill.
WASHINGTON, July 16, 2017 - House GOP leaders hope to move a fiscal 2018 budget agreement that aims to cut $10 billion by tightening work requirements on food stamp recipients, but House Agriculture Chairman Mike Conaway says he intends to “recycle” any such savings back into the program.
WASHINGTON, July 5, 2017 - House Agriculture Chairman Mike Conaway is expressing confidence that he can get a new farm bill enacted despite a potential cut to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
WASHINGTON, July 5, 2017 - A tax on sugary beverages went into effect on Saturday in Boulder, Colorado, and opponents of the levy are worried it will have results similar to what’s happening in Philadelphia.
WASHINGTON, June 28, 2017 - House appropriators are rejecting President Trump’s proposals to slash spending on rural development, international food aid, research and other key areas of the Agriculture Department’s fiscal 2018 budget.
