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DALLAS, Feb. 11, 2017 - Cotton growers are expected to increase plantings by more than 9 percent, a survey shows, and the House Agriculture Committee chairman assures the industry the next farm bill will add price supports for the crop.
(Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of articles in our new Agri-Pulse series: “The seven things you should know before you write the next farm bill.” Each segment provides important background and ‘lessons learned’ that can help inform and stimulate debate before formal work starts on writing the next farm bill.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 2017 - President Trump and Japan’s Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, will meet at the White House today to discuss a range of issues, including trade. They’ll then head to Florida to spend the weekend together at the president’s Mar a Lago estate.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2017 - As Congress prepares to write a new farm bill, most of the discussion among traditional farm groups has focused on finding more money to help milk producers and cotton growers and to shore up the Agriculture Risk Coverage program. But some Democrats are looking to shift more money into programs that help smaller farms and organic producers.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2017 - Bitter Senate fights over President Trump’s nominees, plus a backlog of FBI background investigations, are leaving departments and agencies critical to farmers and ranchers without new leadership.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2017 - The departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services should be more transparent about how they choose members of the committee that develops the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA), the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine said in a report released today.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2017 - There is more evidence of a continued downturn in the U.S. farm economy. USDA says that net farm income is likely to decline this year by 8.7 percent to $62.3 billion. That would make this the fourth straight decline since the peak in 2013.
Joel Leftwich is stepping down as majority staff director for the Senate Agriculture Committee and will be replaced by James Glueck, a senior policy adviser for the panel who has experience .....
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2017 - President Trump’s nominee for agriculture secretary, Sonny Perdue, has won the endorsement of hundreds of national, state and local farm organizations.
By: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)
I come from a state where rural communities serve as the bedrock to our culture and economy. A place where the importance of local leaders – school board members, church deacons and hospital board trustees – is recognized and encouraged.
