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December 03, 2023

Todd Van Hoose, Farm Credit Council

This week’s Open Mic guest is Todd Van Hoose, president and CEO of the Farm Credit Council. Van Hoose is grateful Washington delivered an extension of the 2018 farm bill but joins a chorus of other agriculture organizations calling for new policy to be approved in early 2024. He says USDA loan programs and limits should be adjusted to reflect higher operating costs in today’s agriculture economy. The Council has mounted a challenge against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over language requiring the collection of data that Farm Credit says is already available through the Ag Census. Van Hoose discusses the need for base acre and reference price adjustments as well as needed assistance for young and beginning farmers.

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Opinion: If You Like Beer, Tell Congress To Pass a Fresh Farm Bill
In this opinion piece, Brian Crawford highlights the importance of agriculture to the US beer industry and calls on Congress to swiftly pass a new Farm Bill in the new year.

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12.01.2023

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Dec. 1, 2023: Senate Ag member Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., Mike Lavender and Tara Smith on upcoming farm bill

As 2023 nears its end, attention shifts to how Congress will approach the farm bill in 2024. Senate Ag Committee Democrat Ben Ray Luján joins Newsmakers to discuss his hopes for speedy action and what he hopes will be included in the legislation for producers in his home state.

Then, Mike Lavender with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and Tara Smith with the Torrey Advisory Group join a panel discussion to share their thoughts on the major obstacles to farm bill passage and what they expect will be the top issues addressed in the bill.

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