With House Republicans pushing for significant cuts in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, several House Agriculture Committee members urged additional support and funding to strengthen ...

The farm bill process, which is always long and winding, is well underway. Much of the work occurring now is listening to growers and their associations. The House and Senate Agriculture committees, ...

For over seven decades, many of the programs authorized by successive farm bills have been subject to sunset mandates, including in the current farm bill, the 2018 Agriculture Improvement Act, whose ...

House GOP leaders overcame Republican objections to Senate provisions on SNAP, rural hospitals and other issues to clear President Donald Trump’s massive spending and tax package, including a historic ...

Southern producers with cotton, rice and peanut base acreage would see farm program payments more than double, while growers in other regions would see smaller increases under the GOP farm bill the ...

The marathon markup began Tuesday evening and resumed Wednesday morning, lasting into the night. House Agriculture Committee Republicans on Wednesday approved their portion of the GOP’s big tax and ...

With the advent of much lower corn and soybean market prices during 2024, together with reduced corn and soybean yields in some areas, many farmers and ag lenders are now wondering what the impact ...

In times of tight margins, every purchase must have a purpose with ROI top of mind. As you optimize your equipment, crop inputs, farmland and business intellect for the year ahead, take the time to ...

Several farm-to-school programs in Humboldt County are getting a boost from recently announced grants, given by the California Department of Food and Agriculture. Of the 195 grants given statewide, 13 ...

This summer, farmers and ranchers across the western United States experienced a severe and widespread drought, resulting in low yields, crop losses, and damaging wildfires. These weather events are ...

Harvest Ridge Organics harvests wheat on a field in Idaho. The 2018 Farm Bill extension ran out as low grain prices, high costs and natural disasters pressure farmers. The extension of the 2018 Farm ...