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Congresswoman Andrea Salinas is one of two Oregon members of the House Ag committee, which has worked for two years on the farm bill reauthorization.  She said Farm Bills have always been bipartisan, but she believes Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is playing politics.  Salinas...

While the lame-duck session of Congress represents one last chance at a farm bill, industry experts say it would require compromise on a number of tricky issues.  Farm Policy News said it would require House and Senate leaders to agree on spending in quite a few important areas.   ...

Congresswoman Suzan DelBene introduced legislation that would make it easier for Americans participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to access job training services.

In fiscal year 2021, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, better known as SNAP, served an average of 41.5 million people monthly.  ERS reported this week the 2021 figure is an increase of about 5.8 million per month compared with fiscal year 2019.  SNAP pa...

The USDA has increased efforts over the past couple of months to help make sure Americans have access to food during these uncertain times. "USDA has provided for states to issue emergency supplemental SNAP benefits which is totaling more than $2 billion per month and additional spending in SNAP program," said deputy undersecretary, Brandon Lipps, as he talked about the food stamp progra

On Friday, the House joined the Senate by passing the $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security, Act, better known as the CARES Act. The legislation was signed into law by President Trump over the weekend. Agriculture and rural communities are among the many beneficiaries of the unprecedented legislation ...

Longtime Ag Senator Chuck Grassley expects a farm bill to make it out of committee this year. However, he’s pessimistic about a farm bill actually getting done this year.  Grassley sees the Senate Ag Committee starting to write a bill in another month or so.   “...

Amazon has a new Prime program for the millions of Americans who have EBT cards. The new policy is causing America’s grocers to complain to Washington, D.C. that the online giant may not be playing by the rules. Politico’s Morning Agriculture Report says USDA feels Amazon isn’t doing anything wrong. The grocery stor...