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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, May 01, 2024
the Ag Committees have continued to chip away at Rural Development funding in recent years. Mandatory RD funding in Farm Bills has declined from $300 million in 1996 to $150 million in last year’s Senate bill and only $50 million in the House bill. Additionally, the Ag Committees have cut overall U
Everyone depends on farmers for their food, a relationship concisely articulated by American Farmland Trust’s ubiquitous “No Farms, No Food†bumper sticker.