Items Tagged with 'Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance'

House Ag Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson tells Agri-Pulse he wants $5 billion for specialty crop growers and additional money for forestry in a farm aid package that could exceed $15 billion.

More than 100 House members from both parties are urging the House and Senate Ag committees to ensure that specialty crop producers swiftly receive their promised economic assistance and that any application process is as accessible as possible.  

A panel of farmers and agricultural economists painted a bleak picture of the current state of the farm economy at a House Agriculture committee hearing Tuesday while calling for strengthening safety net programs in the next farm bill.

A House bill introduced Thursday would address one of the top farm bill goals for specialty crop growers by setting up a grant program to ease the cost of adopting automation in their operations.

Specialty crop producers are looking to the next farm bill to expand crop insurance options and provide increased funding to address a number of challenges facing the sector, including needs for automation and development of new, safer pesticides.