Farm Bill
Sen. Chuck Grassley joins AgriTalk to kick off the week. He and host Chip Flory talk about the farm bill, EPA, and Trump trade policies. Machinery Pete gives his latest from the auction block and the Pick of the Week.
As the farm bill vote remains on the waiting list, there is strong divide over tying work requirements to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that’s creating a hostile environment in the House.
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.