Congress passed legislation today that will fund the government through September 2023 and allocate millions of dollars to support key agricultural initiatives.
The bill comes as the U.S. International Trade Commission levied tariffs against imports of phosphate fertilizer at the behest of a U.S. fertilizer company.
By diverting the intended Emergency Relief for Farmers of Color Act funding from BIPOC farmers, we as a country are minimalizing the struggle of this group.
Agriculture groups reacted positively to the House of Representatives vote late Friday night, 228 to 206 to approve the bipartisan infrastructure package.
NSAC says the Senate bill completely ignores the struggles facing family farmers by short-changing the vast majority of programs supporting sustainable ag.
The Farm to School Act of 2019 will help students build healthy eating habits and support farmers by expanding market opportunities.
Farm groups called on the President and Congress to put aside political differences and supply needed disaster relief in the wake of weather-related issues.
It’s no stretch to say that there’s an attack on agriculture in Washington state right now, by lawmakers who don’t understand how farming work.
Twelve days ago, Congress released a statement saying the Farm Bill had been agreed upon “in principle.” Since then, it has been undergoing legislative language tweaks and awaiting Congressional Budget Office scores (read this to learn what CBO scores mean). Late Monday evening, both the House and Senate Agriculture Committees finally released the bipartisan conference […]
After months of a 2018 Farm Bill “stalemate,” with disagreements on major titles such as nutrition and forestry, it appears an agreement has been found.