Eligible farm operators have from Jan. 21 until April 15 to enroll in the 2025 farm program, either online or at local USDA Farm Service Agency offices. Late in 2024, the 2018 Farm Bill was extended ...

The farm bill process, which is always long and winding, is well underway. Much of the work occurring now is listening to growers and their associations. The House and Senate Agriculture committees, ...

USDA settles with Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty lawsuit, removes race-based discrimination in nationwide farming ...

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 ...

The Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) most recent Baseline for Farm Programs, released on May 12, identifies expected outlays for farm program spending, assuming existing programs continue without ...

With House Republicans pushing for significant cuts in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, several House Agriculture Committee members urged additional support and funding to strengthen ...

This year, Congress is charged with passing the next iteration of the farm bill. If the broad suite of programs within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) are not reauthorized by the ...

Various farm programs as established by the Farm Service Agency have various limits based on the farmer’s adjusted gross income (AGI). However, some of these programs also allow for either a double ...

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 ...