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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, November 23, 2024
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson said Thursday that he now hopes to move a new farm bill by March. Meanwhile, his staff has started briefing farm organizations and other groups this week on possible sources of funding that face resistance from Democrats.
Early last year, Mid-Ohio Food Collective leaders looked at their warehouse and saw shelves filled to only 32% capacity, down from the 105% peak after COVID struck in 2020.
Rep. Austin Scott, the Georgia Republican who chairs the House Agriculture subcommittee that oversees commodity programs, says it’s time to split the farm bill.
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., called on nutrition advocates Thursday to defend the authority granted in the 2018 farm bill to update the Thrifty Food Plan without being cost neutral.
Lawmakers have given themselves another year to write a new farm bill, but they have a limited amount of time to reach bipartisan agreements on critical issues and could easily be forced to pass another long-term extension of the 2018 law.
One of the nation's largest grocers is enabling shoppers in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to place digital pickup and delivery orders.
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow expects to have $4 billion to $5 billion in new funding available to address issues with commodity programs and expand crop insurance options, she said in an exclusive interview with Agri-Pulse.
Congress is almost certain to move an extension of the 2018 farm bill in the next month or two, and it could shake up cost estimates for modifications to commodity programs and other provisions.
The top Republican on the Senate Agriculture Committee suggested Friday Congress should move a one-year extension of the 2018 farm bill as soon as November to give lawmakers more time to write a new farm bill.
Everyone agrees it’s a mess and very few admit they actually want to see it happen, but it looks like Government Shutdown 2023 is set to become the latest example of the world’s largest economy grinding to a halt – or at least the federal government portion of it.
