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Agriculture is making a big funding request to Congress in an expected final COVID-19 stimulus bill. But what can farmers expect when many in D.C. and on Main Street are calling for restraint? While it’s likely the last major legislation before the election, Senate Republicans don’t appear to be interested in the kind of multi-trillion-dollar coronavirus-stimulus bills favored by House Democrat

It’s expected that serious negotiations on a final COVID-19 stimulus bill are expected the latter this month after Congressional lawmakers return from a two-week holiday recess. The politics and contents of what’s expected to be a final pandemic stimulus are uncertain as the election nears, but Ag-state lawmakers are increasingly confident there will be some kind of bill. “In o ...

Agriculture and others in the food supply chain are trying to take away important lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic, in hopes of being prepared in the likelihood of a second wave. American Farm Bureau Executive Vice President Dale Moore said the search for solutions to food supply disruptions is guaranteed, amid the ongoing pandemic ...

Most in the Ag industry agree, the post-pandemic food supply-chain will look very different, starting with meatpacking and the way plants look and operate. American Farm Bureau Federation Executive Vice President Dale Moore said packing plants and livestock producers will also have to adjust after the destruction of maybe millions of animals that couldn’t be processed. “N ...

During a webinar Thursday, the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service and Farm Service Agency outlined how producers are to apply for $16 billion in direct aid through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program once the application period opens.   “O ...

American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall says it’s almost time for a new round of Market Facilitation payments. Duvall said slow implementation of new trade deals, complicated by the COVID-19 crisis, warrants a third round of Market Facilitation payments. ...

The American Farm Bureau Federation says the move by the U.S. government to suspend visa processing in Mexico to combat the spread of coronavirus could cause a serious farm labor shortage at a key time for planting and harvesting. And the AFBF is asking for a tamer solution ...

2019 will be remembered as one of the toughest years in recent memory for American agriculture.  But there were many bright spots too, according Dale Moore, executive vice president of the American Farm Bureau.   “Seeing the Waters of the U.S. Rule get rol...

The American Farm Bureau Federation says farm labor reforms advanced recently by the House Judiciary Committee need more work before it’s ready for passage.  AFBF President Zippy Duvall said Farm Workforce Modernization Act “falls short of a long-term solution to farm labor shortages,” which he noted is one of the biggest challenges facing the industry today.   “We’re contin...

The American Farm Bureau Federation says regardless of the impeachment fight, getting USMCA across the finish line is a priority.  AFBF Executive Director Dale Moore said regardless of impeachment and Ukraine discussions, his team will focus all of its efforts on an updated trade deal for American farmers and ranchers.  ...