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More pandemic relief for farmers, ranchers and others in the Ag community is looking like a long shot before the November elections. And on top of that, some Farm Bill money could be in jeopardy. A possible deal between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the White House to replenish $30 billion in CCC funds in exchange for more nutrition aid for kids, fell apart last week ...

Late last week, House Ag Committee Chair Collin Peterson sent a letter to Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue regarding CFAP, asking for clarification on how USDA determined the eligibility of different crops, livestock, and poultry species. In the letter, Peterson contends that the data used by USDA to calculate CFAP payments was limited to only the earliest parts of the pandemic, missing the full extent

On Friday, the House of Representatives passed a minibus of fiscal year 2021 appropriations bills, which included the agriculture bill. However, the Hagstrom Report says the White House is opposed to the overall bill and cited some specific provisions as the reason for its opposition ...

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson wants new spending authority for the Secretary of Agriculture in the next virus relief bill. The Minnesota Democrat says his proposal allows the USDA to help livestock producers…and to speed funding for off-the-shelf disease response plans. ...

The Requiring Assistance to Meat Processors for Upgrading Plants, or RAMP-UP Act, seeks to increase the nation’s meat packing capacity. The bipartisan House bill was recently introduced by Oklahoma Republican Frank Lucas and Minnesota Democrat, and Ag Chairman Collin Peterson. Lu ...

On Wednesday, USMCA officially replaces NAFTA as the tri-lateral trade agreement between the U.S. Canada and Mexico. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said USMCA ends decades of Canada blocking imports of U.S. wheat, dairy, and poultry, as well as deal with Mexico’s trade barriers. “T ...

House Ag Chair Collin Peterson and several subcommittee chairs recently sent a letter to Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue highlighting concerns about the implementation of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, or C-FAP. The letter talks about the continued loss in both value and demand for agricultural products related to the COVID-19 pandemic ...

It’s been 200 years since the House Agriculture Committee was established. Back on April 29, 1820, Congressman Lewis Williams of North Carolina introduced a House resolution to create a committee to oversee the agricultural sector of the economy. Th ...

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson is urging the Trump administration to maximize the purchase of agricultural commodities for donation and distribution. In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue Tuesday morning, Peterson said that purchases by USDA can "help ensure the production that no longer has a foodservice market can be made available to help our nation's food

Earlier this week, the House Agriculture Committee launched a COVID-19 resource webpage to provide information to the agriculture industry. The webpage includes resources and information for agriculture and nutrition, and will be updated as more information becomes available ...