Farm Bill

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 …

By Jerry Hagstrom, DTN Political Correspondent, and Chris Clayton, DTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON and OMAHA (DTN) — The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee on Friday released a comprehensive …

With the next Farm Bill on the horizon, two sugarbeet farmers recently took to the pages of their homestate papers to praise U.S. sugar policy for keeping our food supply …

Prospective farm bill plans laid out in both the U.S. House and Senate would see some tweaks to reference prices, potentially allow some farmers to add new base acres and …

Republicans on the Senate Agriculture Committee have proposed putting $4 billion into the national crop insurance program. That means the government would pay a larger share of the policy premiums …

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, today introduced the Federal Agriculture Risk Management Enhancement …