The HEAL Food Alliance responds to the House Democratic principles for the next Farm Bill. At the forefront are sustainability and equity.
Purdue University Department of Agricultural Economics experts provide insights into the national economy, trade, policy, and food prices for the year.
Key topics discussed in establishing Farm Bureau’s 2024 ag policy priorities ranged from artificial intelligence, to labor, to crop insurance.
After the farm bill extension, 112 organizations have come together to work on a myriad of issues spanning across the breadth of the group’s interests.
Impending yet another government shutdown, on November 16, Congress narrowly passed a stopgap bill that will extend the 2018 Farm Bill programs a year.
On Tuesday, the House of Representatives bundled the farm bill extension with a continuing resolution to fund the government through early next year.
Considering the tight time frame, and pushback between the House and Senate committees, having a finalized farm bill by November is a big ask.
Expiring every five years, the farm bill provides an opportunity for policymakers to address a broad range of agricultural and food programs.
Lawmakers believe that the farm bill talks will be delayed until the end of the year. Add in a looming government shutdown, and things are very uncertain.
Conflict over the EATS Act, which could prevent states with strict requirements from imparting requirements on other states, has heated Farm Bill debates.