Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS), chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee, talked about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in his home state and on the agriculture industry as a whole.
565 viewsAgriculture Department officials testified on implementation of the 2018 farm bill before the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee. The committee also received testimony from…
593 viewsScott Hutchins, the deputy agriculture undersecretary for research, education, and economics, testified at a Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee hearing on agricultural rese…
611 viewsAdministration officials testified at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on President Trump’s agriculture trade policy agenda. They were asked about the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USM…
563 viewsThe Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee held a meeting on the 2018 farm bill. The legislation is crafted and passed approximately every five years and covers programs that i…
1,551 viewsSenate Agriculture Committee Chair Pat Roberts (R-KS) and the committee’s senior Democrat Debbie Stabenow (MI) held a news conference shortly after the Farm Bill was advanced by a vote of 20…
93 viewsAgriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue testified at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on the state of rural America. Secretary Perdue discussed U.S.-China trade relations, rural broadband a…
775 viewsFollowing a trade meeting at the White House, senators on the Agriculture Committee told reporters that President Trump instructed top economic advisers to explore re-entering the Trans-Paci…
2,489 viewsThe Senate Agriculture Committee held a hearing on the regulations for the sale, use and distribution of pesticide products. Committee members focused on how pesticide registration under the…
853 viewsFormer Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue (R) testified before the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee about his nomination to be agriculture secretary. He pledged to be a strong…
3,349 viewsMembers of the Farm Credit Administration Board, bank officials, and farmers testified at a hearing on the Farm Credit System and rural borrowers' access to credit. For the previous three ye…
579 viewsFarmers, ranchers, and officials from the Agriculture, Treasury, and Commerce Departments testified at a hearing on the opportunities and challenges of trade with Cuba. Legislation was being…
993 viewsMembers of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees held their first public meeting to consider the 2013 farm bill.
4,603 viewsThe Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee debated and approved the “farm bill,” a package of legislation passed once every five years that governs agriculture, forestry, and n…
614 viewsA climate scientists, an economist, and ranchers and farmers testified on the effects of extreme weather on agriculture.
410 viewsWitnesses testified on the U.S. Egg Production Regulation Bill, S. 3239. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), one of the witnesses and the bill’s sponsor, explained that the bill was an agreemen…
286 viewsSenators Deb Stabenow (D-MI) and Pat Roberts (R-KS) talked about the farm bill they are working on together. The legislation advanced on June 7 past a cloture vote, and was expected to be de…
504 viewsThe Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee met to mark up the 2012 Farm bill.
510 viewsThe Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee met to mark up the 2012 Farm bill.
592 viewsAgriculture Department officials and livestock producers testified about the state of the U.S. livestock industry. They focused on the rising cost of feed prices for livestock farmers, free …
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