2018 Farm Bill

Continuing Resolution will extend the Farm Bill into late 2025

Congress rolled out the $31 billion disaster package on Tuesday, which includes a one-year extension of the 2018 Farm Bill through September 2025. Since the Farm Bill, with its numerous

By Dan Flynn

/ 19 Dec 2024

Continuing Resolution will extend the Farm Bill into late 2025

Great Depression-era farm policy will follow if Congress cannot revive Farm Bill

The Farm Bill, signed into law by President Donald J. Trump on Dec. 20, 2018, died on Oct. 1, but with Congress on its long election break until November 14,

By Dan Flynn

/ 22 Oct 2024

Great Depression-era farm policy will follow if Congress cannot revive Farm Bill

Time runs out for the Farm Bill

The Farm Bill is kaput. Congress has failed to extend or replace the 2018 Farm Bill by the Sept. 30 deadline, meaning it has expired. Officially known as the Agriculture

By Dan Flynn

/ 2 Oct 2024

Former Ag Secretary Johanns predicts new Farm Bill isn’t likely to pass before the election

The former Governor of Nebraska, who served as Secretary of Agriculture under President George W. Bush, is still making predictions. Mike Johanns does not think the prospects for a new

By Dan Flynn

/ 20 Aug 2024

Former Ag Secretary Johanns predicts new Farm Bill isn’t likely to pass before the election

Like making sausage, the 2023 Farm Bill isn’t something that you will want to look at

It’s likely to bring the year’s biggest bipartisan, bicameral agreement. It will commit taxpayers to spend another half trillion dollars. It will make promises that aren’t logical.

By Dan Flynn

/ 10 Feb 2023

Like making sausage, the 2023 Farm Bill isn’t something that you will want to look at

$867 billion Farm Bill now moving quickly through lame-duck Congress

One of the last vestiges of bipartisanship in Congress began delivering its baby Tuesday. House and Senate agricultural conferees finally agreed on the 2018 Farm Bill, and by late afternoon

By Dan Flynn

/ 12 Dec 2018

$867 billion Farm Bill now moving quickly through lame-duck Congress

‘Gold standard’ of defense against animal disease sought in Farm Bill

Food safety is for naught if animal diseases are not kept at bay. The federal Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program is funded through the so-called Farm Bill. And 120

By Dan Flynn

/ 17 Aug 2018

‘Gold standard’ of defense against animal disease sought in Farm Bill

Senate might not buy King’s amendment to open all states to all American farm products

Representative Steve King, R-IA, has succeeded in attaching his “Protect Interstate Commerce Act (PICA) of 2018” to the House version of the now 641-page “Farm Bill” and senators are pushing

By Dan Flynn

/ 7 Aug 2018

Senate might not buy King’s amendment to open all states to all American farm products

State ag leaders put food safety on priority list for 2018 farm bill

Before it wrapped up its meetings this week in Washington D.C., the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) agreed to priorities for the 2018 farm bill. If

By News Desk

/ 2 Feb 2017

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Continuing Resolution will extend the Farm Bill into late 2025

Great Depression-era farm policy will follow if Congress cannot revive Farm Bill

Time runs out for the Farm Bill

Former Ag Secretary Johanns predicts new Farm Bill isn’t likely to pass before the election

Like making sausage, the 2023 Farm Bill isn’t something that you will want to look at

$867 billion Farm Bill now moving quickly through lame-duck Congress

‘Gold standard’ of defense against animal disease sought in Farm Bill

Senate might not buy King’s amendment to open all states to all American farm products

State ag leaders put food safety on priority list for 2018 farm bill