A one-year extension of the 2018 Farm Bill, tied to the continuing resolution (CR), has sparked intense negotiations over economic assistance to farmers. Initially, leaders considered diverting ...

On Dec. 20, both the U.S. House and Senate passed a continuing resolution, which provided needed funding to avoid a federal government shutdown. The legislation that was passed and signed into law ...

As members of Congress representing districts where farming and ranching keep our rural communities alive, we know the challenges producers endure to provide for our country. However, inflation, high ...

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing up to $10 billion directly to farmers, also known as ...

On December 21, 2024, the US Congress passed the American Relief Act (ARA), which provided funds to cover losses by households and many economic sectors from natural disasters in 2023 and 2024. The ...

Congressional negotiators are struggling to reach a deal to keep the government’s lights on past Dec. 20. Text of a continuing resolution (CR) for a government funding package was expected Sunday ...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., was not going to let Congress pass legislation averting a government shutdown without additionally approving emergency assistance for farmers. Boozman, of ...

Applications are now open for USDA’s new $2 billion Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops (MASC) program. This initiative, administered by the Farm Service Agency (FSA), aims to help specialty crop ...

The USDA will make almost $12 billion available to boost the struggling farm economy. Chad Smith has more on the pending help. Smith: The Farmer Bridge Assistance Program will send economic assistance ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Sunday laid out some broad details of the $10 billion in market relief for row crop producers that’s due out by March 21, asserting that the U.S. farm economy ...