Farm Bill

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack floated the idea of Congress using the Commodity Credit Corp. (CCC) fund in some “innovative and creative ways” to deal with the “pretty pricey” issue of …

The National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) completed the second part of its 2023 summer Farm Bill fly-ins. The first round of hill visits happened earlier this summer in July. …

Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, on Thursday introduced a bill to limit farm bill payments. The Farm Program Integrity Act would create a hard cap of $250,000 in total …

Total postsecondary enrollment at public and private colleges was down 2.7% in the fall of 2021, coming out of the pandemic. However, the second largest major increase at 4 year …

National Association of Wheat Growers President and Klamath Falls, OR wheat farmer Brent Cheyne, testified in front of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit …

Montana farmers and ranchers joined producers from around the country last week in San Francisco for the 121st Anniversary Convention of National Farmers Union. The convention left Montana Farmers Union …

U.S. Senator Jon Tester held three in-person, public Farm Bill listening sessions in eastern Montana last week to hear directly from ag producers, community leaders, and local officials in preparation …

In a time of volatility, managing risk remains a priority for farmers and ranchers, and new analysis from the American Farm Bureau Federation examines several farm bill risk management tools …

This week, the House Republican Steering Committee elected Glenn GT Thomspon as Chairman of the House Ag Committee. Thompson said he will put farmers at the top of his priority …

A House Ag Committee hearing on Capitol Hill this week examined the Conservation Title of the Farm Bill. Representatives heard testimony and asked questions of farmers and ranchers who have …