Montana Ag Network: Uncertainty for Montana Farmers and Ranchers While Waiting for New Farm Bill

Montana Ag Network: Uncertainty for Montana farmers and ranchers while waiting for new Farm Bill

For the last two years, Congress has debated a new Farm Bill: a major piece of legislation setting agriculture policy and spending for years to come. But in both cases, lawmakers were only able to agree to extend the current farm bill one year at a time.(Watch the video for more on how the uncertainty on the farm bill affects Montana.) Uncertainty for Montana farmers and ranchers while waiting for new Farm BillIts generally expected a federal fa…

Farm Bill Essential To Survival Of Family Farms - Northern Plains Independent

While many across the state are planting or branding, some Farmers Union members traveled to Washington, D.C., May 5-7 to advocate for the family farm and ranch during Farmers Union’s Week of Action. This year’s theme was “For Farmers Sake,” with one of the goals being to encourage Congress to pass a farm bill, but not just any farm bill. America’s farm bill expired two years ago,

Ag Secretary Encouraged by Farm Bill Process - Southern Farm Network

U.S. agriculture is still waiting for an updated farm bill after the 2018 bill was extended twice. Pieces of a new farm bill are moving through the budget reconciliation process. While it’s not the whole farm bill, Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins is glad to see at least some progress. “I know that Senator Chairman John Bozeman and Chairman GT Thompson on the House side, Bozeman on the Senate side, alongside our White House, and I’m so grateful to ma…

How does reconciliation bill affect the farm bill process? | Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network

On Tuesday during his weekly ag conference call with farm broadcasters and reporters United States Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) discussed the future of the farm bill process. House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig and other Democrats have warned that the farm bill coalition has been weakened and the path to passing a five-year farm bill has been disrupted by including farm bill improvements in the reconciliation bill. Grassley wa