Conservation Title Kicks Off 2023 Farm Bill Debate in House Ag Subcommittee Hearing
Late last month, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) released an update titled, "Farm Bill Primer: Conservation Title."
Food Stamps Get Permanent Boost, as USDA Updates the Thrifty Food Plan
Jason DeParle reported on the front page of Monday's New York Times that, "The Biden administration has revised the nutrition standards of the food stamp program and prompted the largest permanent increase to benefits in the program’s history, a move…
House Ag Committee Passes Supplemental Farm Disaster Bill
DTN Ag Policy Editor Chris Clayton reported this week that, "The House Agriculture Committee on Tuesday advanced a bill to provide as much as $8.5 billion in supplemental disaster aid for farmers and ranchers who faced disaster both in 2020…
House Ag Subcommittee Reviews Farm Safety Net Issues
On Wednesday, the House Ag Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management discussed the Farm Bill, crop insurance, and ad hoc disaster programs in a meeting titled, "A Hearing to Review the Efficacy of the Farm Safety Net."
CRS Report: Farm Bill Revenue Support, 2014-2020
A report last month from the Congressional Research Service (CRS), "U.S. Farm Policy: Revenue Support Program Outlays, 2014-2020," stated that, "Provisions of Title I of the 2018 farm bill (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018;P.L. 115-334) authorize a set of revenue…
Trends in USDA Nutrition Programs, the Largest Farm Bill Expenditures
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service (ERS) recently released a report ("The Food Assistance Landscape: FY 2018 Annual Report," by Victor Oliveira) that examined "trends in U.S. food and nutrition assistance programs through fiscal 2018." The 15 domestic…
Farm Bill- Conservation Title, Update from USDA’s Economic Research Service
On Monday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service (ERS) published an overview of the Conservation Title of the 2018 Farm Bill. Today’s update looks at a couple key points from the ERS summary.
USDA Report- Agricultural Conservation on Working Lands: Trends From 2004 to Present
The USDA's Office of the Chief Economist (OCE) recently released a report title, "Agricultural Conservation on Working Lands: Trends From 2004 to Present." A fact sheet that accompanied the report explained that, "The first step toward increasing adoption of conservation…
Farm Bill Signed, SNAP Proposal Released, and Trade Aid Payments Approved
President Trump signed the Farm Bill into law on Thursday, the same day the executive branch proposed a rule that could impact participation in the SNAP (food stamp) program. And earlier this week, USDA announced that a second installment of…
House Passes Farm Bill, 369-47
Following quick Senate action on Tuesday, and after surviving a close procedural vote on the Rules for debate, the House of Representatives passed the Farm Bill conference report on Wednesday by a vote of 369 to 47. The measure now heads…
Senate Passes Farm Bill Conference Report, 87-13
A news release on Monday from the House Agriculture Committee stated that, "House and Senate Agriculture Committee Chairmen Mike Conaway (R-Texas) and Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) and Ranking Members Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) today released the text of the bipartisan,…
Farm Bill Moving Forward
McClatchy writer Bryan Lowry reported Wednesday that, "Pat Roberts isn’t ready to celebrate a deal on the farm bill, but he’s getting closer. Roberts, the Kansas Republican who chairs the Senate Agriculture Committee, said that he and the other three…
Looking For Some Certainty, Farmers Await Farm Bill Passage
Reuters writer Humeyra Pamuk reported last week that, "U.S. soybean farmer Mike Schlosser does not expect President Donald Trump’s trade war with China, the single biggest headwind to his business, to end any time soon. But he is among many in…
Post Election: Farm Bill Perspective From House Ag Committee Chair-elect Collin Peterson
House Ag Committee Chair-elect Collin Peterson (D., Minn.) was a guest on Thursday's “Adams on Agriculture” radio show with Mike Adams. Today’s update includes perspective on the status of the Farm Bill legislation from Rep. Peterson, as well as other recent news…
Expiration of the 2014 Farm Bill, CRS Report
A report last week from the Congressional Research Service stated that, "The timing and consequences of expiration vary by program across the breadth of the farm bill. There are two principal expiration dates: September 30 and December 31. The 2014…
Farm Bill Negotiations: Tensions Persist
The current Farm Bill has expired and tensions among key members of the Conference Committee persist. Today's update provides an overview of recent articles that highlight ongoing Farm Bill issues in greater detail.
Farm Bill Perspective From Ranking Member Peterson
House Ag Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson (D., Minn.) was a guest on Friday's "Adams on Agriculture" radio show with Mike Adams. Today's update includes perspective on the status of the Farm Bill legislation from Rep. Peterson, as well as other recent news…
Farm Bill Conference Committee Convenes
DTN Ag Policy Editor Chris Clayton reported Wednesday that, "Conferees on the farm bill understand the economic challenges facing farmers and want to get a farm bill done to provide certainty -- a popular word among them -- to farmers…
Farm Bill Perspective: SNAP and Conservation
As the work of the Farm Bill conference committee progresses, two issues, SNAP and conservation, have been singled out as key to the committee's success. Today's update looks briefly at recent news items that contain lawmaker perspective on these two issues.
House Names Farm Bill Conference Committee Members- SNAP Issues Persist
A news release on Wednesday from the House Ag Committee stated that, "Today, the House of Representatives moved to send the 2018 Farm Bill to conference committee. Following the vote, Speaker Paul Ryan (WI-1) named the House conferees, or members…