Items Tagged with 'conservation programs'

Democrats on the House and Senate Agriculture committees are proposing $10 billion in market relief for farmers as the parties spar over an extension of the 2018 farm bill, Agri-Pulse has learned. House GOP leaders, however, have so far objected to the method used to cover the cost of the farm payments. 

The 2018 farm bill, which was extended last year until Sept. 30, 2024, has now expired once again. What does that mean for major farm and nutrition programs?

The top Republican on the Senate Agriculture Committee, John Boozman, staked out his farm bill position Tuesday, releasing a proposed framework that largely mirrors the legislation Republicans pushed through the House Agriculture Committee last month.

Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee are proposing to raise Price Loss Coverage reference prices by 10% to 20% depending on the commodity, while also providing increased income protection to growers under the Agriculture Risk Coverage program and crop insurance, according to a section-by-section summary released Friday.

Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee are offering to advance some Democratic policy priorities on issues ranging from nutrition assistance to rural community aid in a bid to win bipartisan support for a new farm bill.

In this opinion piece, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski discusses the need to implement more "climate-smart" conservation practices through a new farm bill and public/private sector collaborations.

President Joe Biden, standing in a Minnesota farmer's shed, took shots at agriculture industry consolidation and touted his administration's delivery of $5 billion in conservation and infrastructure spending as he kicked off of a two-week White House "barnstorm" of rural America.