Kirsten Gillibrand

Last week, Oregon Senator Ron Wyden joined Kirsten Gillibrand, Cory Booker and Bernie Sanders, calling for direct relief for family farmers impacted by the ongoing pandemic. The four says small farmers nationwide have been hit hard by months of closed restaurants, schools and in some locations farmers markets ...

A Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee is calling on the federal government to investigate fruit and vegetable prices received by farmers.  Senator Kirsten Gillibrand wants the USDA to investigate if fruit and vegetable farmers across the country are receiving fair prices for their produce, While the prices of fruits and vegetables have increased for both consumers at the grocery store and

New York Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand said President Trump should reject any Farm Bill that does not include a refund for dairy farmers who participated in the Margin Protection Program.  The Farm Bill conference committee is reportedly nearing completion of the Farm Bill, leaving a final version to be passed by the House and Senate before heading to the president’s desk.   Senato...