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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, October 06, 2024
The Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, Republican Glenn Thompson of Pennsylvania, has kicked off his work on the next farm bill, even though the panel isn’t officially organized yet.
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Debbie Stabenow is calling on farm groups to fight any cuts to farm bill programs as House Republicans work to reduce spending this year.
Delegates to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual meeting voted Tuesday to seek more funding for farm bill programs this year, despite some members’ concerns about the political optics of the appeal and the impact on federal budget deficits.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack wants the next farm bill to include reforms for disaster relief and put more focus on farmers who haven’t done as well financially as larger producers have in recent years.
The House and Senate Agriculture Committees are ready to focus on debating a new farm bill after lawmakers used the newly enacted omnibus funding package to clear their to-do lists. But it took several years to pass a farm bill the last time a divided Congress tried to do the job.
A Tuesday hearing at a Senate Agriculture Subcommittee illustrated a bipartisan priority to incorporate the concept of "food as medicine" into the upcoming farm bill.
A Kansas lawmaker is asking for his colleagues to not “rush through” a farm bill and for ag groups to come together and prioritize goals for the upcoming farm bill.
A Georgia Republican says as Congress gears up to write the next farm bill, he’s looking to add "guardrails" that prescribe how the funds in the Commodity Credit Corporation are used.
A group known for its advocacy for progressive agricultural issues has teamed with a trio of non-ag organizations concerned about government spending on farm programs to detail a list of priorities for the upcoming farm bill.