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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, May 06, 2024
The House Agriculture Committee is considering raising reference prices based on a commodity’s relative input costs, an approach that could benefit some southern crops over commodities such as soybeans and corn.
Farmers like Caleb Ragland are missing out on a big part of the farm bill’s safety net, and lawmakers are struggling to figure out what to do about it.
Lawmakers have their work cut for them when it comes to figuring out how to satisfy all the row crop producers with a stake in the farm bill commodity title.
Senate Republican Whip John Thune sees expanding work requirements in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program as a way to cut the cost of the nutrition title in a new farm bill.
Commodity groups face some critical farm bill decisions in coming weeks that hinge on factors out of their control, including an updated forecast of farm program costs and uncertainty about the ongoing debt ceiling standoff between the White House and House Republicans.
Senate Agriculture Committee ranking member John Boozman says he will only vote in favor of a farm bill that fixes reference prices used in the Price Loss Coverage program.
Lawmakers likely won’t start writing a new farm bill for several months, but budget estimates due to be released this week will shape the debate over the legislation.
A measurement of the sentiment in farm country dropped for the second straight month as concerns about slipping prices emerge among the already-potent worries about the input costs producers will face in 2023.
The American Farm Bureau Federation is appealing to Congress to increase commodity program reference prices and marketing loan rates in the next farm bill while also increasing assistance for dairy producers.
Farmers in Ohio expressed strong support for crop insurance during a listening session with members of the House Agriculture Committee on Monday, but some producers wanted the policies to be means-tested or more focused on encouraging climate-smart practices.
