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.
A Kansas farmer told members of Congress last week with the hit farmers are taking right now in income, costly regulation would only intensify the storm. “Right now every penny counts in agriculture,” said Glenn Brunkow. “Farm income is at the lowest level in more than a decade. In many cases, the prices that farmers […]
Harborview Farms joins Bayer’s global ForwardFarming network, an elite group of 12 innovative farms representative of their unique environments.
The Farm Bill was passed by the House Agriculture Committee on Wednesday in a 26-20 party line vote.
A third-generation rancher and industry leader in environmental stewardship has asked Congress to empower ranchers and local land managers by reducing the regulatory burdens they face. Today Niels Hansen, Secretary/Treasurer of the Public Lands Council and a member of NCBA, testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works to explain how onerous […]