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The Agricultural Act of 2014 [1] (also known as the 2014 U.S. Farm Bill, formerly the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013) is an act of Congress that authorizes nutrition and agriculture programs in the United States for the years of 2014–2018. [2] The bill authorizes $956 billion in spending over the next ten years. [3]
Framing the Farm Bill: Interests, Ideology, and Agricultural Act of 2014 (University Press of Kansas, 2017). Cochrane, Willard W. The Development of American Agriculture: A Historical Analysis (2nd ed. U of Minnesota Press, 1993) 512pp. Cochrane, Willard W. and Mary Ellen Ryan. American Farm Policy: 1948-1973 (U of Minnesota Press, 1976). CQ.
The Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) was another consolidation effort of the 2014 Farm Bill, which includes the former Grasslands Reserve Program, Farm, and Ranch Lands Protection Program, and Wetlands Reserve Program. ACEP includes technical and financial help to maintain or improve land for agriculture or environmental benefits.
In a presidential election year in a divided country, it may prove difficult to clear all of the remaining hurdles to get a farm bill approved. Agriculture committee's draft of farm bill provides ...
An original bill to reauthorize agricultural programs through 2018. Popularly known as the "farm bill" or the "Senate farm bill." S. 982: May 16, 2013 Freedom to Fish Act: A bill to prohibit the Corps of Engineers from taking certain actions to establish a restricted area prohibiting public access to waters downstream of a dam, and for other ...
U.S. Rep. Andy Harris, a Maryland Republican whose district includes the Eastern Shore, weighs in on the millions of dollars for the WIC food program.
That year, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Organic Act recreating the Department of Agriculture. [6] It became the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry in 1884, a reflection of the growing importance of forests to the country's needs. [7] It was renamed again to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry in 1977.
However, the bill’s backers decided a trust fund wasn’t necessary and money to pay for restoration activities could come through the private sector. House Bill 300 now moves to the Georgia Senate.