Tag: Farm Bill
What Appalachia needs in the next farm bill
The next farm bill is an opportunity to reshape agriculture to actually feed people and save the environment, according to ReImagine Appalachia.
Letter to the editor: Support the farm bill for small farmers
A beginning farmer and Farm and Dairy reader calls for support for a farm bill that supports Appalachia’s small farms.
Our money, their mouth, your choice
If put in charge, would Republicans really cut crop insurance, gut CRP and eliminate dairy and sugar programs or is their Blueprint more baloney than beef?
Food system strains help shape 2023 Farm Bill priorities for ag...
Several years of turmoil for agriculture are shaping priorities for the 2023 Farm Bill for farm groups, and for legislators, as events have strained food and farming systems.
Sustainable ag advocates poised to be involved in 2023 farm bill
Advocates for issues like more sustainable food systems, better policies against systemic racism and climate-smart practices in agriculture have an opportunity to be heard as legislators begin work on the 2023 farm bill, said speakers at the Ohio Ecological Food and Farming Association’s conference Feb. 12.
‘Mother Nature always bats last’
Alan Guebert breaks down the expected amount to be paid to farmers by the government due to a poor planting season caused by bad weather.
Ag bills winding through Pa. House
The House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee approved a series of bills related to Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf's "Pennsylvania Farm Bill" June 5.
Dairy Margin Coverage program to aid farmers
The USDA announces February income triggers second payment in June through Dairy Margin Coverage program.
NRCS has up to $700 mil. for Conservation Stewardship Program
For the Conservation Stewardship Program, NRCS now enrolls eligible, high-ranking applications based on dollars rather than acres. Also, higher payment rates are now available for cover crops and crop rotations.
Trump speaks to American Farm Bureau for second year
President Trump told the Farm Bureau that building a wall along the U.S. southern border is a matter of national security.
