The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on the most consequential piece of food-and-farming legislation in nearly a decade. Congress hasn’t passed a farm bill since 2018, and the new ...

House Ag Committee Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson (American Farm Bureau Federation photo) The House Committee on Agriculture will soon introduce and mark up its second standalone farm bill in the last ...

Battle Over Food Aid and Farm Spending Intensifies as Controversial Five-Year Bill Heads to US Senate ...

A fight over pesticide labeling law now shifts to the Senate after House lawmakers voted down a measure that critics argue is a gift to farm chemical companies and supporters say is needed to guard ...

The House-approved Farm, Food, and National Security Act includes major funding for agriculture programs, but farmers and advocates say key issues remain unresolved as the bill heads to the Senate.

Alongside changes to food assistance, the measure addresses crop insurance, conservation funding, and mounting financial pressure on U.S. farmers. Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with ...

The 2018 farm bill expired at the end of the fiscal year again, after having been extended twice by Congress. This year, Sept. 30 came and went without much fanfare on the farm bill front. In part, ...

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It has been more than seven years since the United States last enacted a new farm bill, but it's getting closer. The U.S. House of Representatives passed its version of a new five-year farm bill April ...