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House Ag Republicans release new details of draft farm bill

PLC reference prices would rise 10-20%

05/10/24 4:25 PM By Philip Brasher, Rebekah Alvey, Steve Davies, and Noah Wicks

Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee are proposing to raise Price Loss Coverage reference prices by 10% to 20% depending on the commodity, while also providing increased income protection to growers under the Agriculture Risk Coverage program and crop insurance, according to a section-by-section summary released Friday.

House Ag GOP makes farm bill pitch to Democrats

04/11/24 3:14 PM By Philip Brasher and Noah Wicks

Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee are offering to advance some Democratic policy priorities on issues ranging from nutrition assistance to rural community aid in a bid to win bipartisan support for a new farm bill.

Opinion: Farm bill needs to incentivize collaboration, innovation to implement 'climate-smart' conservation

02/08/24 3:50 PM By Nikki Budzinski

In this opinion piece, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski discusses the need to implement more "climate-smart" conservation practices through a new farm bill and public/private sector collaborations.

House Ag Democrats lay out farm bill demands

02/07/24 6:17 AM By Philip Brasher

The House Agriculture Committee’s Democratic minority on Wednesday released a set of farm bill priorities that make clear they are united in opposing any cuts in projected nutrition assistance or Inflation Reduction Act funding to pay for boosting commodity programs or addressing other parts of the farm bill.

Biden decries consolidation, touts rural investments in Minnesota visit

11/01/23 8:15 PM By Noah Wicks

President Joe Biden, standing in a Minnesota farmer's shed, took shots at agriculture industry consolidation and touted his administration's delivery of $5 billion in conservation and infrastructure spending as he kicked off of a two-week White House "barnstorm" of rural America.

Farm bill math could be scrambled by likely extension

10/25/23 6:20 AM By Philip Brasher

Congress is almost certain to move an extension of the 2018 farm bill in the next month or two, and it could shake up cost estimates for modifications to commodity programs and other provisions.

Funding struggles hang over farm bill writers amid budget turmoil

09/20/23 6:23 AM By Philip Brasher and Noah Wicks

For as much trouble as lawmakers agreeing on whether to keep the government shutting down Oct. 1, things aren’t moving any faster with the farm bill, parts of which start expiring Sept. 30.

Stakes for farm bill expiration lower this time, but 2024 impacts loom

07/26/23 6:23 AM By Philip Brasher

Lawmakers are about to break for their August recess with just two months to go before some programs in the 2018 farm bill expire, and not even a draft of the new legislation is in sight. But the stakes for not passing a fresh farm bill on time may be lower this year than in the past.

USDA commits $500 million for wildlife conservation on working lands

06/27/23 4:41 PM By Sara Wyant

USDA will dedicate at least $500 million over the next five years to wildlife conservation by jointly leveraging both NRCS and FSA conservation programs and public/private partnerships through its Working Lands for Wildlife (WLFW) effort.

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Republicans look to shift IRA conservation funding, but Stabenow holds the cards

05/10/23 6:25 AM By Noah Wicks

Congressional Republicans who opposed the Inflation Reduction Act, the main funding mechanism for President Joe Biden's climate policy, would like to move the IRA's funding for climate-related farming practices into the farm bill, which could permanently boost funding for conservation programs.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: May 10, 2024: Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., on farm bill, rural broadband

South Dakota Republican Dusty Johnson sits on the House Agriculture Committee, which will mark up a farm bill on May 23. He joins this week’s show to discuss the latest developments on the farm bill and what the next few weeks will look like. He also dives deeper into the rural broadband efforts.

Then, Joby Young with the American Farm Bureau Federation and Jonathan Coppess with the Gardner Agriculture Policy Program at the University of Illinois join this week’s show to discuss the political environment around a farm bill.

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