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“Bipartisan” Farm Bill Turns Partisan
“Bipartisan” Farm Bill Turns Partisan
“Bipartisan” Farm Bill Turns Partisan
The historically bipartisan Farm Bill turned political this week as majority Ag Republicans turned back every Democratic amendment and sent their Farm Bill budget to the House on a party-line vote.  It wasn’t just SNAP spending reforms Democrats went after, but Trump actions like tariffs, staff cuts, and USDA grant freezes.   “From ...
U.S. Sugar Producers Pushing for Stronger Farm Bill
U.S. Sugar Producers Pushing for Stronger Farm Bill
U.S. Sugar Producers Pushing for Stronger Farm Bill
Across rural America, farmers, regardless of commodity, are sending a clear message to Congress: pass a five-year farm bill now, before it’s too late.   Congress hasn’t updated the farm bill since 2018.  Instead, it’s patched together a pair of year-long extensions that do not address the current economic realities of farming in the U.S.  Fourth-generation Minnesota ...
Hennings: Farm Bill Is High Importance To Us
Hennings: Farm Bill Is High Importance To Us
Hennings: Farm Bill Is High Importance To Us
Conversations about the Farm Bill have been, in many ways, put on the back burner in Washington D.C.  Attention has focused more on tariffs, ag labor and immigration reform.  But Michelle Hennings, Executive Director of the Washington Association of Wheat Growers says its vital that lawmakers focus on passing an update Farm Bill as soon as possible.  She noted not onl...
Sugarbeet Growers Stress The Need Of An Updated Farm Bill
Sugarbeet Growers Stress The Need Of An Updated Farm Bill
Sugarbeet Growers Stress The Need Of An Updated Farm Bill
Trade and tariffs have controlled much of the conversation across the farming community and in D.C.  But several commodity groups are trying to remind everyone that the Farm Bill is an issue that still needs to be addressed.  Samantha Parrott, Executive Director of the Snake River Sugarbeet Growers Association says the Farm Bill is not just a want for growers, but a need.   “Sugar is ...
Ag Economic Outlook Not A Good One, Expert Says
Ag Economic Outlook Not A Good One, Expert Says
Ag Economic Outlook Not A Good One, Expert Says
The forecast for farming in 2025 and beyond is not a good one, according to one of the country's leading ag economists.  Dr. Joe Outlaw is a professor and extension economist at Texas A&M University, and his most recent survey of farmers doesn't look promising,   “That outlook is something we present to Washington every year, and this is the worst one we've ever taken in and shown them. And t

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