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KTIC
April 15, 2018
OMAHA (DTN) — Congressmen have been quick to point out 2018 farm income is projected to be less than half of what it was five years ago, but the farm bill draft rolled out Thursday by House Agriculture Committee leadership makes few changes to the safety net for most commodity producers. Some keyÃâà...
High Plains Journal
April 14, 2018
A bipartisan coalition of 28 producers, national and state commodity groups, supply chain companies, and environmental and conservation groups have signed a letter to U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-KS, and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-MI, urging them to supportÃâà...
Agriculture.com
April 14, 2018
A letter to U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) has been signed by a bipartisan coalition of 28 producers, national and state commodity groups, supply chain companies, and environmental and conservation groups urging the pairÃâà...
Insurance Journal
April 13, 2018
The changes are likely to complicate the legislation's passage through the Senate. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, a Republican, has warned that the changes to SNAP sought by conservative House Republicans and the administration of President Donald Trump will make it difficult toÃâà...
Farm Futures
April 5, 2018
The Trump administration's evolving trade disputes with China and other countries are on “everyone's mind” at the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee, Committee Chairman Senator Pat Roberts(R-Ks) told Farm Futures on Thursday. “This is not a good situation. It just isn't,” Roberts said on the sidelines ofÃâà...
Ames Tribune
April 3, 2018
Zumbach, a state senator from Ryan who chairs the Senate Agriculture Committee, is one of five Republicans in the running for the top agriculture job. Republicans Ray Gaesser, Chad Ingels, Craig Lang and Matt Naig — who Gov. Kim Reynolds appointed as secretary of agriculture when former secretaryÃâà...
Vermont Biz
April 3, 2018
Leahy also is a leading member and former Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee. On Tuesday Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue shared that the USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) has set the new enrollment period to run from April 9, 2018, to June 1, 2018, and to make the sign up periodÃâà...
CNBC
April 3, 2018
... politically dangerous waters by discussing reforms to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. The welfare program has created legislative bottlenecks for past farm bills, and Senate Agriculture Committee leaders have already signaled their opposition to SNAP reforms this time around.
Jackson Clarion Ledger
April 3, 2018
On Wednesday, Gov. Phil Bryant appointed the first female U.S. senator from Mississippi, state Agriculture Commissioner Cindy Hyde-Smith, to fill the seat vacated by Sen. Thad Cochran. Geoff Pender/Clarion Ledger. Phil Bryant, James Shelton. Tupelo Mayor Jason Shelton, right, is shown with Gov.
DTN The Progressive Farmer (blog)
April 3, 2018
After two terms as Nebraska's governor, Johanns led USDA from 2005-2007, then was in the U.S. Senate from 2009-2015 and was a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee. As reported last week, Democrats on the House Agriculture Committee aren't going to negotiate further with House AgricultureÃâà...
KTVH
April 3, 2018
March is Women's History Month and the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee is celebrating women in agriculture. And one of these women is a fourth-generation wheat farmer from Conrad, who's also the 2017-18 Montana FFA State President. “Well, it's a very inborn knowledge for me and a lot of peopleÃâà...
Hoosier Ag Today
April 2, 2018
The omnibus spending bill passed by the House and Senate included many victories for agriculture. Farm groups applauded the inclusion of the Fair Agricultural Reporting Method, or FARM Act. It exempts air emissions from animal waste from being subject to the Comprehensive Environmental Response,Ãâà...
Agriculture.com
March 22, 2018
Gregg Doud is one week on the job as the chief agricultural negotiator for the U.S. trade representative, and his reading list is long. Doud, who is taking the lead on getting ag trade agreements done, says the list of global trade issues and violations is so long that he hasn't even gotten through reading it.
Farm Futures
March 22, 2018
But agricultural champions – like Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts of Kansas and his House counterpart, Mike Conaway of Texas – were quick to point out that Farm Bills are written for the bad times, not the good. And bad times, just like the E-I-E-I-O refrain in Old MacDonald, inevitablyÃâà...
High Plains Journal
March 22, 2018
Noxious weeds—The Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing recently on a KLA-supported bill (HB 2583) that would amend the state's noxious weed laws. HB 2583 would allow the Kansas Department of Agriculture, through rules and regulations, to designate noxious weeds.
Minnesota Daily
March 22, 2018
Two senators and three representatives from Minnesota sit on the federal House and Senate agriculture committees, which draft the Farm Bill. Extension has held education sessions with various legislators on the state and federal levels about the benefits of its programs, Olson said. “We hope that we canÃâà...
E&E News
March 22, 2018
AGRICULTURE. Farm bill's fate may hinge on April. Marc Heller, E&E News reporter. Published: Thursday, March 22, 2018. If Congress can't make solid progress on the 2018 farm bill next month, the bill may have to wait a year, Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts said yesterday.
DTN The Progressive Farmer (blog)
March 22, 2018
Leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee are getting ready to move ahead on drafting a farm bill, ideally in April, and will seek to avoid the rancor over food assistance that has tied up farm-bill discussions in the House. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, and RankingÃâà...
Courthouse News Service
March 22, 2018
She spent 12 years as a state senator representing District 39, where she served eight years as chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee. A supporter of President Donald Trump, Hyde-Smith held the position of co-chair of the 2016 campaign's agriculture advisory committee. “I am truly humbled andÃâà...
Hoosier Ag Today
March 5, 2018
We encourage you to keep the Senate Agriculture Committee informed of the implementation of these provisions, as well as enhancements to risk management tools for cotton and dairy producers. FSA should operate these programs, in a producer-friendly manner and consistent with the timelines in theÃâà...
Agri-Pulse
March 5, 2018
Thad Cochran, a former chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee and the current chairman of Appropriations, says he will retire April 1, citing health reasons. His resignation will set up a special election for his seat. Cochran, 80, was the first Republican to win a statewide election in Mississippi in moreÃâà...
Missourinet.com
December 31, 1999
Senate Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee Chairman Brian Munzlinger, R-Williamstown, the bill sponsor, tells Missourinet he's optimistic it will pass. “I think it would be a new agricultural product that Missouri can raise and one that they used to raise here in Missouri, you know,Ãâà...
WTOK
December 31, 1999
Hyde-Smith's first hearing will be Wednesday morning as the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee reviews of the FY2019 budget request for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue will testify. Hyde-Smith will also serve on the Senate Committee on Agriculture,Ãâà...
DTN The Progressive Farmer (blog)
December 31, 1999
Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, said the committee's work has been successful because it has been bipartisan. She said it would be unfortunate if a USDA fund became used by the Trump administration to pay farmers in a hotly contested mid-term electionÃâà...
AgWeb
December 31, 1999
(Bloomberg) -- Leading lawmakers on congressional agriculture committees said Tuesday they're skeptical that the White House can fix any economic harm for farmers arising from a trade dispute with China by giving them temporary aid through the Agriculture Department. "We don't need another subsidyÃâà...
Tri-State Livestock News
December 31, 1999
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), a longtime member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today met with Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), chairman of the committee, to discuss the eight farm bill proposals he introduced over the past year. Thune's proposals, which areÃâà...
KPAX-TV
December 31, 1999
March is Women's History Month and the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee is celebrating women in agriculture. One of these women is a fourth-generation wheat farmer from Conrad who's also the 2017-18 Montana FFA state president. “Well, it's a very inborn knowledge for me, and a lot of people don'tÃâà...
KTVQ Billings News
December 31, 1999
March is Women's History Month and the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee is celebrating women in agriculture. And one of these women is a fourth-generation wheat farmer from Conrad who's also the 2017-18 Montana FFA state president. “Well, it's a very inborn knowledge for me, and a lot of peopleÃâà...
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