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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Hurricane Milton, the fourth hurricane to strike Florida agriculture in 14 months, damaged citrus and other specialty crops as well as dairy operations and phosphate infrastructure.
Lawmakers have finished their last major piece of pre-election business – keeping the government from shutting down when the new fiscal year starts next Tuesday. Meanwhile, the majority of Republicans call on their leadership to pass a farm bill before the end of the year
Former President Donald Trump made a case to House Republicans for higher tariffs on China to protect U.S. industries, lawmakers said after the meeting with him on Capitol Hill Thursday.
In this opinion piece, Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wa. and Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga, celebrate the farmers and ranchers who are the backbone of our country as part of National Agriculture Day.
Rep. Austin Scott, the Georgia Republican who chairs the House Agriculture subcommittee that oversees commodity programs, says it’s time to split the farm bill.
The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, Glenn “GT” Thompson, is expressing confidence that he can still move a bipartisan farm bill after conversations with Rep. Jim Jordan, a long-time critic of farm policy who’s trying to win the House speakership.
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.
Eight GOP members of the House Agriculture Committee are calling for a hearing with the head of the Environmental Protection Agency to discuss the nation’s pesticide law.