Former House Agriculture Committee Chair Larry Combest provides background and perspective on how, for some, the farm program became a primary target to achieve the mandated budget savings....More
Sen. Chuck Grassley will push to reform farm program payments to achieve $23 billion in agricultural savings sought by the Budget Committee and says all farm-bill spending will be on the table for spending reductions, including nutrition programs....More
Amid continuing budget concerns and a need to not be caught flat-footed when Congress again takes up a new farm bill, the American Soybean Association has shifted positions on what the new legislation should contain....More
Congress is entrenched in bitterly partisan politics while facing an abysmal public opinion. But things will get even worse before the ship is righted....More
“It is vitally important that farm policy include programs for farmers and ranchers to manage their risks of bad yields and low incomes, and the current system of crop insurance does a good job of that." -- Roger Johnson, NFU president....More
