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Farm bill text released

With the clock ticking on legislative action on the 2024 farm bill, Debbie Stabenow, a Michigan U.S. senator and Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee chairwoman, has released the bill’s text. The Rural Prosperity and Food... more »

Farm Bureau congratulates President-elect Trump

The American Farm Bureau Federation is congratulating President-elect Donald Trump. Zippy Duvall, president of the Washington, D.C.-based Farm Bureau issued these comments on the election of Donald Trump to be the 47th President of the... more »

Specialty crops group urging farm bill action

The Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance (SCFBA) is working with congressional leaders and urging support of specialty crop growers in the farm bill. The Washington, D.C.-based organization wrote the following in response to a letter... more »

Organic industry presses Congress to fund USDA Farm Bill programs

With the clock running down on the Farm Bill, which is set to expire on Oct. 1, the Organic Trade Association (OTA) is urging Congress to find the funding to safeguard critical organic programs that... more »

Farm bill framework released by Senate committee

U.S. Sen John Boozman, ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, has released a draft of a farm bill framework on June 11. Key priorities of the framework (.pdf) include crop... more »

Specialty crops applaud House Farm Bill moving forward

The Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance (SCFBA) has released the following statement following the U.S. House Agriculture Committee’s passage of the farm bill: “We thank Chairman Thompson and his staff for including so many investments... more »

House committee passes $1.5 trillion version of farm bill

The U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture Committee passed its version of a $1.5 trillion farm bill on Thursday night. The bill expands farm commodity supports but shrinks Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and reallocates... more »

National Young Farmers Coalition opposes farm bill first draft

Proposed farm bill legislation released by House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “G.T.” Thompson misses a rare opportunity to meaningfully address the challenges facing the new generation of U.S. farmers and ranchers, according to the National... more »

House, Senate Ag Committees release Farm Bill proposals

The Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance (SCFBA) is applauding movement on a farm bill from the House and Senate Agriculture Committees. Both bodies released summaries of their proposals on May 1, with Senate committee chair... more »

Group advocates for specialty crops in Farm Bill

Amid ongoing farm bill discussions on Capitol Hill, the co-chairs of the Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance (SCFBA) gathered in Washington, D.C., to advocate for America’s $64.7 billion specialty crop industry. The group recently... more »