Items Tagged with 'farm bill expiration'

The House is set to debate the annual funding bill for USDA and FDA this week, even as a partial shutdown looms at the end of this week unless House Republicans and Democratic-controlled Senate can agree on a stopgap spending bill.

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Pa., said he believes if a farm bill is passed before the end of the calendar year it will avoid any “major disruption.”

Leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee are calling on Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to use his Commodity Credit Corp. spending authority for trade promotion purposes and purchases of commodities for international food aid.