Map Shows Where Trump Bill Boosting Farm Subsidies for City Residents

Tens of thousands of people in major urban areas are receiving farm subsidies, despite not living or working on a farm, new ...
Food

Funding SNAP and farm programs are mutually beneficial, policy makers and experts say

With House Republicans pushing for significant cuts in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, several House Agriculture Committee members urged additional support and funding to strengthen ...
Agri-Pulse

Thompson eyes stand-alone farm bill despite budget uncertainty

The chair of the House Agriculture Committee says he’s ready to start work on a stand-alone farm bill as soon as the House is done with the budget reconciliation measure that’s being used to boost ...
American Enterprise Institute

Direct Farm Subsidy Programs in the 2023 Farm Bill: What Farm and Other Interest Groups Want

For over seven decades, many of the programs authorized by successive farm bills have been subject to sunset mandates, including in the current farm bill, the 2018 Agriculture Improvement Act, whose ...
Agri-Pulse

Stabenow lays out possible farm program reforms to Senate colleagues

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow is circulating some ideas for farm program reforms that include an increase in effective reference prices that would benefit all commodities, ...
KCUR 89.3 FM

Natural disasters, low crop prices raise pressure for new farm bill as 2018 bill expires

Harvest Ridge Organics harvests wheat on a field in Idaho. The 2018 Farm Bill extension ran out as low grain prices, high costs and natural disasters pressure farmers. The extension of the 2018 Farm ...
WSAU

FARM Program Opens Comment Period for Version 2028 

The National Dairy Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM) Program today began its open comment period for both the Animal Care and Workforce Development programs’ proposed Version 2028 updates ...
KCUR 89.3 FM

Farm groups say producers need a new farm bill, but many expect another extension as time runs out

Midwest farm groups are emphasizing the need for an updated farm bill as many producers face challenges like extreme weather and high interest rates. The clock is ticking for Congress to address the ...
The Hill

Providing resources to strengthen farm programs and revitalize rural America

This year, Congress is charged with passing the next iteration of the farm bill. If the broad suite of programs within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) are not reauthorized by the ...
AG Week

2025 farm program deadline is April 15

Eligible farm operators have from Jan. 21 until April 15 to enroll in the 2025 farm program, either online or at local USDA Farm Service Agency offices. Late in 2024, the 2018 Farm Bill was extended ...
Civil Eats

Refugee Farm Programs Harmed by Federal Cuts

On a cool morning in early June, Ram Khatiwoda, the farm coordinator at the New Roots farm in West Sacramento, California, took a visitor through the garden plots on a strip of land sandwiched between ...