safety net

A linchpin of the farm safety net, crop insurance, is now getting a makeover, because of the passage of the Big Beautiful Bill.

House Ag Chair GT Thompson said last week the Trump Tax Bill now headed to the Senate will finally shore up the farm safety net.  While most of last week’s House debate on the president’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” focused on SNAP and Medicaid savings opposed by Democrats, Thompson highlighted the bill’s improved farm safety net.   “The One Big Beautiful Bill ma...

House Republicans are proposing a $290 billion cut from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program over the next decade.  The GOP plan uses some of the money saved to increase spending on commodity programs, crop insurance, and other farm bill programs.  The dra...

With debate over the 2023 Farm Bill set to pick up in the coming months, commodity groups have been building their wish lists and letting lawmakers know what they would like to see in this year’s legislation.   Representative Dan Newhouse, a central Washington farmer, said for him, he wants a Farm Bill that encourages and promotes research and development.  He said ...

Ad hoc disaster aid as a farm safety net has always been unpredictable, unreliable, and slow in arriving.  So, the American Farm Bureau says better risk management tools must be part of the 2023 Farm Bill.  The Farm Bureau says inefficient and costly disaster relief has made up nearly 80% of federal help to producers since 2018.  So, the AFBF’s Em...

The top Republican on the House Ag Committee wants a stronger safety net for U.S. farmers.  Pennsylvania Republican Glenn Thompson wants Congress to strengthen crop insurance and farm subsidy programs so producers don’t have to rely on stop-gap federal aid to survive challenges like trade wars, natural disasters, and COVID-19.   “The n...

Producers can now change their 2023 crop year elections and enroll in the Agricultural Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage Programs for 2023.  Signup for the two key safety net programs started Monday October 17th and runs through March 15th.   ...

The previous year has been a challenging one for many in the agriculture industry.  Representative Dan Newhouse said farmers across the state, across the nation are struggling right now, facing low commodity prices and export markets that are “challenging”.  Newhouse said ...

Over the weekend, the Washington Pots called the 2018 Farm Bill a bad outcome that "could have been worse."  The editorial board says the farm bill "simply maintains the existing set of subsidy programs, bloated and wasteful as they often are."  Lawmak...

As the Conference Committee starts weighing the House and Senate Farm Bill proposals to get a final piece of legislation, Dan Newhouse is promoting how the legislation helps agriculture nationwide.  The Central Washington Republican says the Ag economy depends on the Farm Bill for a variety of reasons, including secure safety net programs.  ...