Farm Bill

Rep. Mike Conaway of Texas will not seek reelection in 2020.

A timeline for the continuation of the farm bill is contingent upon several factors including tax reform and budget issues according to Jim Weisemeyer, a political analyst for Farm Journal Media.

Tax reform, the farm bill and trade policy will all be topics covered by Pro Farmer Jim Wiesemeyer at the 2018 Top Producer Seminar.

A panel of farmers stressed in importance of crop insurance, trade, conservation and other programs during a recent Senate hearing.

A panel of economists painted a dark picture of the U.S. farm sector during a House Agriculture Committee hearing, although they said indicators are not as dire as in the 1980s, when high interest rates, low commodity prices and a strong dollar combined to drive a wave of farm foreclosures.

The House next week will hold a general rural economic outlook hearing as part of its work on a new farm bill. The Senate later this month will hold its first field hearing. The farm bill debate has begun with a goal of inking a final bill and passed by Congress by early summer 2018, but no later than September 2018.

Chairmen of the House and Senate Ag Committees talked about major farm and food policy matters during a Bloomberg Government event today.

We’ve seen this accelerating financial constraint environment in farming before. And it clearly is upon us. Key question: How long will it last? While some say two to three more years, others say longer.

A coalition spanning grocer Kroger Co. to Iowa soybean growers is on the verge of victory with a deal on a five-year agriculture bill in a Congress that can’t seem to agree on much of anything.

After five calendar years of efforts, the farm bill is nearing completion.