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House GOP leaders are signaling that they are finally feeling the political “heat” and willing to act on legislation that could provide disaster aid for livestock producers

House Agriculture Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., issued a statement Friday afternoon regarding a package to be considered in the House next week that includes disaster assistance programs and a one-year extension of current farm policy. The cost of the package is $621 million over 10 years with a

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced $19.3 million in payments for 125 advanced biofuel producers across the country to support the production and expansion of advanced biofuels from a wide variety of non-food sources, including waste products.

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said proposed legislation that would require a national hen housing standard for egg producers represents a compromise supported by a majority of the egg industry, although Ranking Member Pat Roberts, R-Kan., warned that it would hur

The increased use of non-tariff trade barriers, predominately sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures, are trade weapons against American agriculture, according to Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy and Trade Chairman Scott Tipton, R-Colo.

With House GOP leaders floating the possibility of a one-year extension of the current farm bill and a package of disaster legislation, Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, said he has sent messages to House leadership, trying to convince them to move forward with a new five-year bill.

A new USDA food price forecast released today, the first since the severity of the drought was understood, shows little variation from its late June forecast in part because the extent of crop damage and livestock liquidation is still to be determined.

Congressman Steve King, R-Iowa, met with the House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla. and his Republican colleagues on the Committee late this afternoon to “chart a way forward” with House leaders on the Farm Bill and other legislation aimed at addressing the record drought.

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., stressed urgency for the House of Representatives to pass a farm bill because of the “looming deadline and widespread drought conditions” during a teleconference with media today.