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USDA calls on producers to review conservation practice standards

11/13/24 7:02 AM By Chloe Lovejoy

USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service is soliciting comments on its Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation conservation practice standards.

Farm bill hits new snag as official cost estimate says it raises deficit

08/02/24 6:00 PM By Philip Brasher

The House Agriculture Committee’s farm bill would boost the federal budget deficit by $33 billion over 10 years, according to an official cost estimate released Friday by the Congressional Budget Office, which refused to change its stance on a budget offset intended to fund changes to commodity programs.

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Competing farm bill plans spotlight wide range of policy differences

05/15/24 6:23 AM By Philip Brasher and Noah Wicks

Ongoing partisan battles over nutrition assistance and Inflation Reduction Act funding have received all the attention but there are plenty of other policy disagreements in the approaches that leaders of the House and Senate Agriculture committees are taking on a new farm bill.

House Ag Republicans release new details of draft farm bill

PLC reference prices would rise 10-20%

05/10/24 4:25 PM By Philip Brasher, Rebekah Alvey, Steve Davies, and Noah Wicks

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.

Budzinski: Democrats, Republicans can 'meet the moment' to pass a farm bill this year

03/15/24 3:23 PM By Hannah Pagel

An Illinois Democrat says getting a bipartisan farm bill done this year is “critically important” and that she is optimistic Congress can pass new legislation before the September deadline included in last year's extension.

NRCS announces assistance for California flood damage

02/14/24 7:08 AM By Philip Brasher

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is releasing $1 million from the Environmental Quality Incentives Program to help farmers in California recover from damage caused by last month’s flooding.

Daybreak Sept. 20: Thompson welcomes no-cut budget blueprint

09/20/23 10:00 AM By Bill Tomson, Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Noah Wicks, and Jacqui Fatka

Amid the budget turmoil on Capitol Hill, the House Budget Committee is set to consider a partisan, fiscal 2023 budget resolution today, a little more than a week before the end of the fiscal year.

Daybreak Sept. 15: USDA funding package stalls in Senate

09/15/23 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher and Steve Davies

A possible government shutdown is now just two weeks away, and things are going sideways on both sides of Capitol Hill.

Agri-Pulse farm bill preview: Key issues and proposals for each title

07/05/23 6:20 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Jacqui Fatka, Noah Wicks, and Bill Tomson

The House and Senate Agriculture Committees are still several months away from voting on a new farm bill, but the major issues in each of the 12 titles are coming into focus even as lawmakers continue offering new proposals they’d like to see included. Here is a summary of the issues in play as well as notable proposals lawmakers would like to see included in the bill.

NRCS increasing staffing to provide conservation services

05/10/23 6:05 AM By Lydia Johnson

The department has opened the first round of staff positions to implement $19.5 billion in Inflation Reduction Act funding over five years.

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