Tag: Farm Bill
Senate passes its farm bill 86-11
The U.S. Senate passed its version of the farm bill, the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, on a strong bipartisan 86-11 vote June 28.
House passes its version of farm bill
The U.S. House narrowly approved its version of the 2018 farm bill, 213–211 in a re-vote June 21 of the same measure that failed in May.
Senate farm bill moves out of committee
The Senate Ag Committee passed its version of the 2018 farm bill out of committee with a 20-1 vote earlier today.
Farm policy — all mud, no Zen
After last week’s farm bill belly flop in the House of Representatives, how do you think its members will be remembered by farmers, ranchers and historians?
Stealing the farm bill spotlight
The 2018 farm bill will be enacted on behalf of food consumers, and not food producers. Editor Susan Crowell explores the implications.
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.
Rifts already in bipartisan farm bill
Only the most optimistic think the 2018 farm bill will be done before the current farm bill expires Sept. 30. Editor Susan Crowell shares why.
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.
Ohio farmers advocate on the Hill
Ohio Farm Bureau county presidents heard from and engaged in conversation with elected officials about NAFTA, the farm bill and rural infrastructure.
Ohio Farm Bureau talks ag policy in DC
The Ohio Farm Bureau county presidents, along with Ohio Farm Bureau staff, are in D.C. March 13-15 to talk agricultural policy.
