Items Tagged with 'Deputy Agriculture Secretary Jewel Bronaugh'

There are some significant developments with the Senate and House Ag Committees as they gear up to write a new farm bill this year.

The U.S. Agency for International Development and State Department are dispatching $54 million in food, water, hygiene supplies, blankets and other emergency goods to Ukrainians trying to survive the invasion of Russian troops.

The agriculture portion of the $3.5 trillion spending package that Democrats are putting tougher is still a work in progress. In addition to $28 billion in conservation spending that still needs to be added to the legislation, there also will be some new farm debt relief.