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WASHINGTON, April 5, 2017 - School food service directors, who say they’ve been struggling to meet increased nutrition standards that have boosted food costs, are looking for some help in the next farm bill.

WASHINGTON, April 5, 2017 - Before the next farm bill is written, cotton growers are eager to get into the Price Loss Coverage (PLC) program ...

WASHINGTON, March 29, 2017 - Milk producers searching for ways to cope with sluggish profits and price volatility have set their eyes on a program that’s currently closed to them – federal crop insurance.

WASHINGTON, March 29, 2017 - Grain and oilseed growers agree that the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) program should be continued in the next farm bill, even if farmers are expected to switch wholesale to Price Loss Coverage (PLC) when the current bill expires

WASHINGTON, Mar. 24, 2017 - Sonny Perdue did everything he had to do at his Senate confirmation hearing. President Trump’s nominee for agriculture secretary pledged repeatedly to be a “tenacious” advocate for agriculture.

WASHINGTON, Mar. 23, 2017 - Sonny Perdue, President Trump’s nominee for agriculture secretary, gets his long-awaited confirmation hearing today. Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., says he expects much of the questioning to focus on the tough farm economy as well as concerns in the farm sector about the president’s trade policy.

WASHINGTON, March 22, 2017 – Congressional budget analysts estimate that a key change sought by dairy producers to the Margin Protection Program could cost more than $2 billion, a price tag that leaders of the House Agriculture Committee said is unrealistic.