Articles Tagged with ''ARC''

Opinion: Senate republican framework puts ‘farm’ back in the farm bill

06/13/24 1:15 PM By Sen. Roger Marshall

In this opinion piece, Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan, discusses how the Republican farm bill framework would enhance national food security while benefitting rural Americans far beyond the field.

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Farm bill outcome could hinge on November election results

05/29/24 6:30 AM By Philip Brasher and Noah Wicks

Enacting a new farm bill remains a long shot this year due to the tight calendar and the fact that lawmakers remain sharply divided over both policy and funding, raising the possibility of new scenarios in 2025 that depend on the outcome of this fall's elections.

Thompson, Stabenow offer opposing farm bill plans amid ongoing partisan battle

05/01/24 5:00 AM By Philip Brasher

Leaders of the House and Senate Ag committees announced dueling plans for a new farm bill as the partisan impasse appeared to deepen ahead of the House panel’s planned votes on May 23. House Ag Chairman Glenn Thompson released a broad summary of his planned legislation, and his Senate counterpart, Debbie Stabenow, followed with a much more detailed section-by-section summary of her draft bill.

Daybreak Oct. 4: McCarthy won't run again after ouster

10/04/23 10:00 AM By Bill Tomson, Philip Brasher, Jacqui Fatka, Steve Davies, and Noah Wicks

Capitol Hill is reeling from Kevin McCarthy’s ouster as House speaker.

Agri-Pulse farm bill preview: Key issues and proposals for each title

07/05/23 6:20 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Jacqui Fatka, Noah Wicks, and Bill Tomson

The House and Senate Agriculture Committees are still several months away from voting on a new farm bill, but the major issues in each of the 12 titles are coming into focus even as lawmakers continue offering new proposals they’d like to see included. Here is a summary of the issues in play as well as notable proposals lawmakers would like to see included in the bill.

SNAP reforms could cut nutrition cost, Thune says

04/21/23 4:49 PM By Lydia Johnson

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.

Fixing reference prices key to Boozman's farm bill vote

03/31/23 3:26 PM By Lydia Johnson

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.

Producer sentiment drops in October

11/02/22 6:07 AM By Spencer Chase

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.

Record amount of PLC and ARC contracts were signed in the 2019 crop year

04/21/20 6:10 AM By Hannah Pagel

USDA says a record 1.77 million contracts were signed by producers for the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs for the 2019 crop year.

Farmer sentiment spikes on China hopes

02/05/20 6:15 AM By Spencer Chase

Producer optimism shot up in January on the backs of expected business with China after the two countries signed a “phase one” trade deal.

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06.14.2024

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: June 14, 2024: Senate Ag Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, Anne MacMillan, and Sam Kieffer on farm bill status

Senate Ag ranking member John Boozman laid out his framework for a new farm bill this week, but the bill crosses some red lines for Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow. She joins us on this week's episode of Agri-Pulse Newsmakers to give her reaction to Senator Boozman's proposal as well as her thoughts on the future of the bill.

Then, Anne MacMillan with Invariant and Sam Kieffer with the American Farm Bureau Federation talk about the prospects of passing a farm bill before the end of the year with the partisan divide in Congress.

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