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 parts, including food stamps for the public and economic assistance for farmers and ranchers, has turned into a disaster during
Continue Reading Continuing Resolution will extend the Farm Bill into late 2025
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, it has not yet been buried.
When Congress does return for the lame-duck session, it will have 20 days to
Continue Reading Great Depression-era farm policy will follow if Congress cannot revive 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 Improvement Act of 2018, the 2018 farm bill is the most recent omnibus farm bill. It contained 12 titles. In
Continue Reading Time runs out for the Farm Bill
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 Farm Bill are good.
Appearing at the recent Indiana Ag Policy Summit, hosted by the Indiana Soybean Alliance and the
Continue Reading Former Ag Secretary Johanns predicts new Farm Bill isn’t likely to pass before the election
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. And its impact on food safety will be negligible.
It is the 2023 Farm Bill, which the Democrat-controlled Senate and Republican-controlled House agriculture
Continue Reading Like making sausage, the 2023 Farm Bill isn’t something that you will want to look at
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 it was sailing through the U.S. Senate on an 87-13 vote.
There is precious little in the 807-page bill, with
Continue Reading $867 billion Farm Bill now moving quickly through lame-duck Congress
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 groups representing animal agriculture late this week let Senate conferees know the 2018 Farm Bill does not provide enough money
Continue Reading ‘Gold standard’ of defense against animal disease sought in Farm Bill
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 back.
A conservative Republican, King wants to use federal power to stop states from interfering with what he refers to
Continue Reading Senate might not buy King’s amendment to open all states to all American farm products
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 that seems a little pre-mature, it’s not. Congressional leaders plan to get to work on the 2018 farm bill later this
Continue Reading State ag leaders put food safety on priority list for 2018 farm bill
