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According to fresh projections from the U.S. Department of Agriculture this month, net farm income is expected to decline 4.1% for 2024 after falling 19.4% in 2023 from the record highs reached in ...
The House bill was a broadly worded, five-page “outline”; the Senate’s, a detailed 94-page report. Noting the differences in both heft and direction, veteran Senate Ag boss Debbie Stabenow ...
More than 300 U.S. farm and commodity groups urged Congress in a letter on Monday to pass a long-delayed farm spending bill before the end of the year, as farmers face a projected decline in income.
The 1981 farm bill involved only small changes and continued the policy of restricting supply rather than increasing demand. The 1984 budget proposal was designed to cut subsidies rather than reform the system, but Congress rejected it. Instead, Congress continued the same policies in the 1985 farm bill, which Reagan reluctantly signed.
October 2: Rep. Larry Combest (R-TX), farm bill sponsor, threatens to pull the bill if it is amended. October 3: Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-IA), proposes shifting $650 million to ethanol, amendment fails. October 4: Kind amendment falls 26 votes short, fails. October 5: 10 year, $73 billion farm bill increase passes in the House of Representatives.
The 2018 Farm Bill or Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 is an enacted United States farm bill that reauthorized $867 billion for many expenditures approved in the prior farm bill (the Agricultural Act of 2014). The bill was passed by the Senate and House on December 11 and 12, 2018, respectively.
The Farm Bill was last authorized in 2018, and after failing to reauthorize it on the typical five-year schedule in 2023, Congress extended the 2018 bill through the 2024 fiscal and crop year.
The percentage of Americans who live on a farm diminished from nearly 25% during the Great Depression to about 2% now, [8] and only 0.1% of the United States population works full-time on a farm. As the agribusiness lobby grows to near $60 million per year, [ 9 ] the interests of agricultural corporations remain highly represented.