Items Tagged with 'Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb.'

Lawmakers continue to struggle with what to do about commodity programs in a new farm bill, including how to pay for increases in reference prices. One idea is to require farmers to update their base acreage to reflect current plantings.

House members continue filing amendments to the fiscal 2024 funding bill for USDA and FDA that the chamber is scheduled to debate this week ahead of the long summer recess.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is refusing to open the Conservation Reserve Program to cropping this year.