House and Senate Ag Committee leaders are considering increasing statutory reference prices for major farm program crops as part of a budget reconciliation measure. This would apply to both Price Loss ...

Judith Puncochar prunes a tree on her farm outside of Saint Paul, Nebraska. Most of Puncochar's farm is enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, a federal land conservation initiative that she ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture ruled last week that it already “sufficiently addressed” past discrimination and that continuing to practice “race- and sex-based remedies” are no longer necessary ...

If you love something, set it on fire. Especially if the thing you love is a healthy pasture. For grasslands, fire is a crucial part of a healthy ecosystem and an important tool for a rancher. Not ...

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) made significant modifications to USDA mandatory farm programs and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Following these changes, the ...

House GOP leaders overcame Republican objections to Senate provisions on SNAP, rural hospitals and other issues to clear President Donald Trump’s massive spending and tax package, including a historic ...

America’s farmers — including those here in Northeast Kansas and Northwest Missouri — seem to have a $5 billion target on their backs. That’s the annual cost of the direct payments to producers, a ...

On May 13, the House Agriculture Committee released a draft text explaining its proposal to reduce spending by at least $230 billion. Most of the cuts are expected to come from the Supplemental ...

The marathon markup began Tuesday evening and resumed Wednesday morning, lasting into the night. House Agriculture Committee Republicans on Wednesday approved their portion of the GOP’s big tax and ...

Authorization for the Conservation Reserve Program and other farm bill programs not included in this summer’s budget reconciliation bill have lapsed amid the shift to a new fiscal year. House Ag ...

In the 1980s and 1990s Democrats offered some great proposals for farm bill reform that managed supply along the lines of the original New Deal programs, protecting both farmers and consumers, and ...

I was an active farmer for 30 years and since retiring I have been renting my land. I am not trying to belittle the farmer by my writings. The farmers are experiencing things they have no control over ...