Farm Bill

During the pandemic, something sort of miraculous happened with the largest food assistance program in the country: It worked. For a lot of people, for the first time, the government provided meaningful funds to purchase food. By April though, emergency funding for SNAP benefits will end.

The U.S. House voted Wednesday afternoon to pass a compromise farm bill that boosts protections for smaller-sized dairy farms.The bill, which revamps an…

The massive piece of federal legislation known as the Farm Bill covers everything from commodity price supports to federal food assistance, and when…

This could be a key week for the future of the 2013 Farm Bill in Congress.The U.S. House is expected to vote on a new dairy program that’s designed to…

Congress has been unable to agree on the provisions of a new Farm Bill for more than a year.The Farm Bill, which has passed the Senate and will be taken…

Senator Patrick Leahy is optimistic that a new Farm Bill, one that makes big changes in national dairy policies, will win broad bi-partisan support in the…