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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, July 27, 2024
Specialty crop producers are looking to the next farm bill to expand crop insurance options and provide increased funding to address a number of challenges facing the sector, including needs for automation and development of new, safer pesticides.
The Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance proposed a series of new farm bill provisions that the coalition of ag, food and conservation groups believes are needed to help producers and landowners address climate change.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy sends a message about the political significance of ag policy, sitting through the entirety of a House Agriculture Committee farm bill listening session in California and also fielding questions from reporters on a range of issues.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy expressed confidence Tuesday that a new farm bill would pass this year but also suggested Republicans will review work requirements in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a hot-button issue that could risk the loss of Democratic support.
Writing a new farm bill in 2023 will require investing countless hours in educating over 200 new members of Congress and also may mean navigating fights over spending, according to lawmakers and trade association leaders advocating on behalf of the crop insurance industry.
Every farm bill has its own set of challenges but writing the 2023 farm bill could be made more difficult with so many relatively new members of Congress expecting to make policy changes, say former top aides to the Senate Agriculture Committee.
Senators on both sides of the aisle used a farm bill hearing Thursday to call for addressing the rising input costs faced by row crop producers and expanding crop insurance options for fruits, vegetables and other specialty crops.
USDA’s latest farm income forecast could provide some ammunition to farm groups and their allies in Congress who argue that soaring production costs are eating into farm earnings while producers have little chance of seeing payments from commodity programs.
As Congress gets ready to start working on a new farm bill, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow is making one thing clear: She won’t consider any cuts to the funding she got in the Inflation Reduction Act for climate-related farming practices.
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