Farm Bill

WASHINGTON — Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig delivered the following opening statement at today’s full committee hearing titled “Examining the Economic Crisis in Farm Country.” Watch the full meeting here. Thank …

America’s farmers and ranchers need a new, modernized farm bill, a strengthened farm safety net, and open trading markets. American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall traveled to the Capitol …

Washington—Last week Montana Farm Bureau leaders meeting in Washington, D.C. experienced plenty of excitement as both houses of Congress passed the Continuing Resolution and Montana Farm Bureau policy advanced with …

President Joe Biden is asking Congress to fund $21 billion in aid for farmers and ranchers as part of a $98.6 billion overall disaster package the president proposed that Congress …

WASHINGTON, September 30, 2024 – Today marks the expiration of the one-year extension of the 2018 farm bill, leaving farmers and ranchers anxious about whether Congress can secure a new, …

Time is running out for Congress to pass a farm bill that would address an agricultural economy that is in a downward spiral. More than 300 agricultural organizations, including the …

The USDA announced changes to the Enhanced Coverage Option (ECO) beginning with the 2025 crop year. USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) is expanding coverage options to additional crops as well …

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson of Pennsylvania and Arkansas Sen. John Boozman, ranking member on the Senate Agriculture Committee, both offered their views on the state of the …

While the House draft farm bill loads up on the farm safety net, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the bill “overpromises” farmers while also forcing a “crack in the coalition” …

American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on the House Agriculture Committee’s Farm, Food, and National Security Act. “AFBF appreciates Chairman G.T. Thompson for his work in drafting …