Tag: 2018 Farm Bill
Hemp on the rise: Is it a sure thing?
Hemp, which was recently legalized with the 2018 Farm Bill, is making a comeback. While this new crop holds potential, there are still many unknowns.
What’s next for industrial hemp growers?
The 2018 Farm Bill legalized industrial hemp federally, but producers still need to consider markets and state laws before growing.
A game of high stakes and bad bets
One minute we’re celebrating a trade deal that’s years from enactment, the next we’re hoping no one notices the lack of a farm bill that's needed.
Does this sound familiar when it comes to a new farm...
Alan Guebert believes Congress, the White House and most commodity groups are positioning U.S. agriculture to repeat that colossal farm bill failure.
September standoffs on the Hill
Alan Guebert reflects on Congress' slow, circular march to some legislative nowhere as September days evaporate.
My farm bill
Farmers must tell lawmakers how their operations have benefitted from farm bill programs so that the 2018 bill reflects the needs of American farmers.
Will the farm bill get done on time?
While the Senate and House each passed versions of the farm bill earlier this summer, neither is in a hurry to combine them before leaving Capitol Hill.
A 2018 farm bill looks unlikely
There’s something wrong with a process that delivers a farm bill so flawed groups on opposite ends of the political spectrum join forces to condemn it.
The mark-up and whipping process
No one, on either side of the farm bill debate, can explain why Chairman Mike Conaway is offering a partisan bill loaded with short-term policy choices.
Easier to gripe than find solutions
The House Ag Committee Republican chairman went full cowboy on committee Democrats after learning they would vote no on his 2018 farm bill due to SNAP cuts.
