Minnesota farmers leave fields for D.C. to lobby for farm bill passage

Kansas farmers await farm bill passage, end of tariff uncertainty • Kansas Reflector

Raylen Phelon, left, and his son, Adam Phelon, are corn and soybean farmers who are concerned about whether a farm bill will pass. (Morgan Chilson/Kansas Reflector)GARNETT — Kansas farmers are sharing opinions ranging from concerned to “pi**ed” about trade tariffs with U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, who toured a corn farm Friday southwest of Kansas City. “When I’m talking to folks, I hear everything from concern and a cautious approach to how to navi…

Minnesota farmers leave fields for D.C. to lobby for farm bill passage

WASHINGTON – Anne Schwagerl put one child in a tractor with her husband and another with her father-in-law before leaving Minnesota’s Big Stone County for the nation’s capital. She did not want to leave in the middle of planting season,…

National Farmers Union rallies at Capitol for farm bill passage

Minnesota farmers left fields during planting season to lobby legislators, saying uncertain economic times make it even more important for the farm bill to pass. Congress is now two years overdue in renewing it. Efforts to move the SNAP nutrition program into the general federal budget bill has complicated matters.

Democrats Worried About Farm Bill Amidst Reconciliation Talks

(NAFB.com) – While House Ag Chair GT Thompson and Senate Agriculture Chair John Boozman laid out an optimistic scenario for the farm bill, Democratic lawmakers who addressed agriculture reporters said they’re uncertain about the bill’s prospects and worried about the Trump administration’s cuts to agriculture agencies that aren’t raising many public objections from Republicans. E&E News reports that Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) said she’s ‘pet…

National Farmers Union Concludes Week of Action Calling for a Strong Farm Bill - Oklahoma Farm Report

National Farmers Union (NFU) today concluded the Week of Action that gathered more than 100 farmers from across the country to the halls of Congress and spurred local action from hundreds of family farmers and ranchers in their home states. Farmers Union members’ message was clear: farmers across the country are facing a perfect storm of volatile markets, rising input costs, shrinking federal support and mounting trade tensions — all with no new…

Farm Bill vs. Reconciliation: A risky tradeoff? | Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network

The Farm Bill has already been postponed twice, and as summer approaches, the odds of it getting passed this year are looking slim. Many of the programs within the bill are long overdue for updates—everything from crop insurance to conservation and nutrition programs. While some of these issues are now being addressed through the Reconciliation Bill, that workaround raises concerns. Could shifting critical ag policy into a separate piece of legis