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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, March 29, 2025
Lawmakers want states and the Agriculture Department to do more to cut error rates in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program administration and are using the farm bill to take action.
Last year, SNAP recipients were overpaid at a national average rate of 10.03% and underpaid 1.64%, according to USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service. The payment errors are not synonymous with fraud and instead reflect how accurately states, which administer SNAP benefits, determine eligibility and payment amounts.
The Congressional Budget Office is sticking with a cost estimate for USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation spending authority that is far lower than congressional Republicans need to fund their farm bill proposals. Meanwhile, a leading economist estimates the impact of a base update on land values.
In this opinion piece, Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan, discusses how the Republican farm bill framework would enhance national food security while benefitting rural Americans far beyond the field.
Democrats are panning Senate Republicans’ farm bill proposal for crossing their red lines on nutrition and conservation funding, but many farm groups say the release of the GOP plan is a sign of progress.
House Republicans step up their latest effort to cut domestic, non-defense programs this week as they release the fiscal 2024 spending bill to fund the Agriculture Department and Food and Drug Administration.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s expanded dollar-for-dollar match program is poised to help more California families buy fluid milk products.
The House Agriculture Committee's farm bill may not get a floor vote until September at the earliest due to the appropriations process that is expected to dominate the chamber's work this summer, Chairman Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., told Agri-Pulse Thursday during a break in the committee's debate over the legislation.
The House Agriculture Committee is set to debate its Republican farm bill, starting at 11 a.m. EDT. The big question isn’t whether the committee will approve the bill. Republicans should have the votes on their side to do that. The question is how many Democratic votes Republicans can get.
