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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, March 10, 2025
A panel of farmers and agricultural economists painted a bleak picture of the current state of the farm economy at a House Agriculture committee hearing Tuesday while calling for strengthening safety net programs in the next farm bill.
A House bill introduced Thursday would address one of the top farm bill goals for specialty crop growers by setting up a grant program to ease the cost of adopting automation in their operations.
The Biden administration’s chief agricultural negotiator, Ambassador Doug McKalip, sees signs that Mexico wants to avoid a protracted trade battle over biotechnology.
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.
