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

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