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Direct farm aid climbed during Trump’s first term, from $11.5 billion in 2017 to more than $32 billion in 2020 — more than the federal government spends each year building […]
DENVER, CO – A South Dakota rancher will serve a leadership role on a committee that is responsible for developing policy from the Farm Bill to food safety. The National Cattlemen’s […]
LINCOLN, NE – Agricultural advocates in rural America, including Nebraska, are calling on the Trump administration to continue investing in small communities. They propose that new federal investments in agriculture […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill to keep the government open, provide financial aid to farmers and ranchers, and extend the Farm Bill for one […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., has released the text of the Farm Bill she hopes can get through Congress before the end of the year […]
BILLINGS, MT – Advocates for a fair, sustainable and healthy food system have released a report showing increasing consolidation in Montana’s agriculture sector. Economists say these conditions can lead to […]
STURGIS, S.D. – You can hear the frustration in Rob Larew’s voice as he makes away around the country, meeting with and listening to producer concerns over the Farm Bill […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-South Dakota, denies allegations that a provision he helped insert into a draft of the federal farm bill would protect the maker of […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The farm bill is already a year late, the stakes are high, and time is running out. The American Farm Bureau released its Market Intel Analysis of […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) announced endorsements from national and regional farm and ranch advocacy groups for his fight to include mandatory country of origin labeling (MCOOL) […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Congress is currently grappling with the enactment of the country’s comprehensive agriculture law. The pressing deadlines are looming, but the bill is stuck in a […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new report from The Hill says that pharmaceutical, manufacturing, and agriculture interests have combined to spend over $400 million lobbying Congress on a new farm bill. […]
Washington D.C. – The recent annual “fly-in” by members of the South Dakota Farmers Union to Washington D.C. to talk policy with Senators and Representatives was a big success according […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Prospective farm bill plans laid out in both the U.S. House and Senate would see some tweaks to reference prices, potentially allow some farmers to add new […]
VALLEY SPRINGS, S.D. — Ranchers urged Republican U.S. Senators John Thune of South Dakota and John Boozman of Arkansas to consider grasslands and cattle – not just crop support – […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House and Senate Agriculture Committee leaders have reached an agreement on a farm bill extension as the possibility of a government shutdown looms. The extension is part […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) expects an announcement soon that House and Senate Ag leaders will seek a one-year farm bill extension, though Grassley admits even one-year might […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Total postsecondary enrollment at public and private colleges was down 2.7% in the fall of 2021, coming out of the pandemic. However, the second largest major increase […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) President Todd Wilkinson testified recently before the House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry at a hearing titled “A Review […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – According to the most recent Congressional Budget Office’s (COB) baseline, the 2023 Farm Bill is estimated to cost $1.295 trillion over 10 years, making it the first […]
RENO, NV – While one of the country’s largest cattle and beef organizations hasn’t completely moved on from a market crisis that led to the introduction of at least 18 […]
FARGO, ND – Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux says USDA is working to be flexible within existing programs to help more farmers and ranchers. Ducheneaux used the new forage […]
MANHATTAN, KS – American Agri-Women (AAW) released recommendations of its Farm Bill Task Force this week. AAW President Heather Hampton+Knodle said its philosophy is to focus on fundamentals of on-farm […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – USDA reported landowners have agreed to enroll more than 2 million acres in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) through the General signup period, with the department expecting […]
EAST LANSING, MI – The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry will kick off field hearings on the 2023 Farm Bill, April 29, 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (Eastern […]
OMAHA (DTN) — In an effort to increase carbon sequestration and conservation land, USDA on Wednesday announced plans to sign up as many as 4 million acres to the Conservation […]
Marshall Carr, age 80, of Faith, South Dakota, died on Saturday, October 5, 2024 at Hans P. Peterson […]
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