FARM Act

The Farm Assistance and Revenue Mitigation Act was introduced last month and sponsored by more than 40 members of Congress.  It’s also endorsed by several of America’s largest commodity groups, including the National Sorghum Producers.  The legislation is ...

Earlier this month, U.S. House lawmakers reintroduced the Future Agriculture Retention and Management Act, better known as the FARM Act.  Republican Representative, Wisconsin’s Tom Tiffany said the legislation would eliminate energy tax subsidies for solar panels and wind arrays on agricultural lands.   “This ...

On Tuesday, lawmakers introduced the Foreign Adversary Risk Management or FARM Act. The legislation seeks to combat foreign interference in America's agriculture supply chain through reforms to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ...

A former 2020 presidential candidate says the nation’s food system is “fundamentally broken.” Addressing the National Food Policy Conference last week, Senator Cory Booker, said, “After this crisis, we simply cannot go back to business as usual.” The New Jersey Democ ...

A rule by the EPA exempts livestock producers from reporting emissions from their farms to state and local authorities.  The move, supported by the livestock industry, won the applause of the National Pork Producers Council.   NPPC President Jim Heimerl called the rule the final piece in the implementation of the FARM Act, which passed Congress earlier this year and eliminated the need for livesto