New Congress has work to do for agriculture
By Julie Tomascik Editor Congress reconvened this month with a packed agenda, including passing a modernized farm bill. Farmers and [...]
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01, 2025
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01, 2025
TFB sets 2025 state, national legislative priorities
By Julie Tomascik Editor A new year brings new state and national legislative and advocacy efforts for Texas Farm [...]
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12, 2024
Congress passes farm bill extension, economic aid for farmers
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter In one of the last acts of the 118th Congress, lawmakers passed a continuing resolution (CR) [...]
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12, 2024
Movement on farm bill, economic assistance for farmers
Editor's note: After rejecting a deal that would have provided economic assistance for farmers over the weekend, Congress worked [...]
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12, 2024
Boozman urges economic assistance for farmers
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter To ensure U.S. farmers can make it from this crop year to the next, U.S. [...]
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11, 2024
Texas farmers tell Congress to pass farm bill, economic assistance
By Julie Tomascik Editor The farm bill, a five-year piece of legislation that provides security for farmers, still has [...]
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10, 2024
Nearing the dairy cliff without a new farm bill
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter Although the expiration of the one-year extension of the 2018 Farm Bill will not yet [...]
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10, 2024
Farm bill expiration underlines need for new legislation, disaster assistance
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter The one-year extension of the 2018 Farm Bill has expired, and Congress has until the [...]
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10, 2024
Dockworker strike could heavily impact U.S. ag exports
U.S. dockworkers went on strike this week, leaving ports from Texas to Maine unable to ship containers of agricultural products. [...]
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09, 2024
Boozman calls for emergency assistance, farm bill
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter With just a few days left in the legislative session before the one-year extension [...]