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Fiscal 2024 spending package targets foreign farmland concerns, fully funds WIC

03/03/24 8:57 PM By Philip Brasher

A package of fiscal 2024 spending bills released by congressional leaders Sunday includes new provisions to address concerns about foreign acquisition of U.S. farmland and agribusiness interests and also provides full funding for the Women, Infants and Children nutrition assistance program.

House votes down cuts to Food to Peace, USDA programs

09/27/23 6:31 AM By Philip Brasher and Noah Wicks

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With a government shutdown looming on Sunday, the House plowed ahead with debating additional cuts to USDA and farm bill programs as part of a fiscal 2024 spending bill that has no chance of becoming law.

House passes FY21 spending package to boost broadband, target Trump regulatory agenda

07/24/20 12:57 PM By Philip Brasher

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The Democratic-controlled House approved a package of fiscal 2021 spending bills Friday that would provide about $1 billion for rural broadband expansion while blocking the Trump administration from cutting food stamp rolls and carrying out key regulatory relief measures.

Opinion: Agriculture from 1968 to 2018

04/23/18 12:30 PM By Marshall Matz

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Fifty years later, 1968 is being called “the year that shaped a generation” by TIME magazine and other writers.

Opinion: Fighting terrorism one meal at a time

03/16/17 2:07 PM By Marshall Matz

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There are some twenty million people at risk of starvation, according to the United Nations. It is the world's most severe humanitarian crisis we have faced since 1945.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers

06.19.2026

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Sen. Peter Welch on farm bill, Mary Boote on Global Farmer sentiment

The Senate is expected to release farm bill text soon. We asked Vermont Sen. Peter Welch what he’d like to see included, and if there will be a push to remove state SNAP cost share provisions enacted in the One Big Beautiful Bill. Welch also discusses concerns about staffing levels at farmer-facing USDA offices.

Plus, Global Farmer Network founder and CEO Mary Boote discusses how farmers around the world have responded to U.S. trade and tariff policies enacted by the Trump administration, as well as technology adoption trends from GFN members in 70+ countries in 6 continents.

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