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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, March 28, 2024
In this opinion piece, Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wa. and Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga, celebrate the farmers and ranchers who are the backbone of our country as part of National Agriculture Day.
Rep. Austin Scott, the Georgia Republican who chairs the House Agriculture subcommittee that oversees commodity programs, says it’s time to split the farm bill.
The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, Glenn “GT” Thompson, is expressing confidence that he can still move a bipartisan farm bill after conversations with Rep. Jim Jordan, a long-time critic of farm policy who’s trying to win the House speakership.
A Georgia Republican says as Congress gears up to write the next farm bill, he’s looking to add "guardrails" that prescribe how the funds in the Commodity Credit Corporation are used.
Eight GOP members of the House Agriculture Committee are calling for a hearing with the head of the Environmental Protection Agency to discuss the nation’s pesticide law.
House Republicans and Democrats on Thursday sparred over USDA nutrition programs at a hearing on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, highlighting partisan divides over funding for food assistance in the 2023 farm bill.
The Democratic-controlled House Agriculture Committee on Monday approved a partisan spending package that is expected to grow to $94 billion once new funding for farm bill conservation programs is added.