by - September 10, 2023 7:08 am
Arkansas needs a Farm Bill
I always look forward to this time of year when harvest is in full swing. We see the American farmers’ hard work, entrepreneurism and innovation paying off as bushels and bales leave…
Tag: Farm bill
by - June 20, 2022 5:48 pm
Farmers, conservationists share concerns at Farm Bill hearing in Jonesboro
Every five years, lawmakers formulate the nation’s farm bill, legislation that dictates how much support the federal government will provide for farmers across the country. The new bill will be…
by - March 14, 2019 8:37 pm
U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford on the Farm Bill and foreign trade
A tumultuous year in farming has included trade and tariff wars, complicated weather conditions, and depressed commodity prices. U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, notes there has been progress too, ranging…
by - December 20, 2018 6:23 pm
President Trump signs Farm Bill into law
An $867 billion federal Farm Bill was signed into law by President Donald Trump on Thursday (Dec. 20) as several Arkansas agricultural supporters were on-hand for the bill signing, including…
by - December 11, 2018 4:23 pm
Vote on federal Farm Bill could come by the end of the week
The newly proposed Farm Bill will include a provision that legalizes industrial hemp and does not include work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program known as SNAP. Dealmakers from…
by - October 4, 2018 8:45 pm
Rep. Westerman: Democrat’s stalling could push farm bill completion to December
Conference committee negotiations over this year’s farm bill have reached an impasse because the ranking Senate Democrat wants to wait until December to complete them, Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Hot Springs.,…
by - September 4, 2018 7:33 pm
Lesser known SNAP-Ed is a vital part of Farm Bill
While many people know that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides resources for millions of Americans in need of food assistance, they are less familiar with SNAP-Ed. A vital…
by - July 19, 2018 4:37 am
Rep. Crawford added as Farm Bill conferee
On Wednesday (July 18), U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, was appointed by House Speaker Paul Ryan to serve on the Conference Committee for H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act…
by - June 29, 2018 5:48 pm
U.S. Senate passes farm bill; conference for it and the House version begins
Congress is one step closer to passing a new farm bill. The U.S. Senate passed its version of the bill by an 86-11 vote on Thursday (June 28). The bill…
by - June 22, 2018 5:25 pm
U.S. House passes farm bill; Senate to soon consider its farm bill
It’s now up to the U.S. Senate to move on a farm bill after the U.S. House narrowly passed a farm bill that would remove millions from the Supplemental Nutrition…
by - June 6, 2018 6:48 pm
Riceland Foods official assesses federal Farm Bill impasse
With Congress failing to pass a Farm Bill for the next five years, Arkansas farmers are teetering toward limbo with future farm policy. In mid-May, the U.S. House of Representatives…
by - April 16, 2018 6:29 pm
Proposed federal farm bill seeks to reduce numbers on food stamp program
The U.S. House Committee on Agriculture has released a rough draft of its new proposed federal farm bill, and it contains several provisions that would slash costs by billions of…
by - February 1, 2018 5:05 pm
New Farm Bill in 2018 will be difficult task, consultant says
An Arkansas farming consultant said Thursday (Feb. 1) he expects efforts to pass a comprehensive Farm Bill in Congress will be difficult in 2018 as rising deficits and other national…
by - January 29, 2014 6:12 pm
Political fight to continue on ‘far from a perfect’ federal farm bill
Democrats and U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., will do all they can to make political hay with U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton’s vote Wednesday (Jan. 29) against the federal farm bill….
by - January 28, 2014 4:11 pm
U.S. farm bill vote will test Cotton, Pryor positions
On Monday, federal lawmakers announced that an agreement on a U.S. farm bill had been made. The move includes a variety of changes that Senate and House members have opposed,…
by - September 29, 2013 6:07 pm
U.S. farm policy could soon revert to 1949 rules
Mired in a debate to keep the government’s lights on, Congressional inaction on agricultural policy could lead to real pain for farmers and consumers. While leaders in Congress push towards…
by - August 20, 2013 8:30 pm
Farm bill work a tough challenge for Sen. Boozman
He won’t be on the ballot in 2014, but U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., has plenty on his plate at the moment. Boozman, who’s in the middle of his first…
by - July 15, 2013 1:05 pm
Cotton defends farm bill vote, talks immigration
U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Dardanelle and the Congressman for Arkansas’ 4th District, says his tough stance calling for farming and immigration reforms is his way of responding to constituent concerns….
by - July 11, 2013 4:55 pm
U.S. House passes ‘split’ farm bill
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday (July 10) narrowly approved a five-year farm bill measure that did not include funding for food stamp programs. The passage creates uncertainty with…
by - June 21, 2013 7:38 am
U.S. House rejects farm bill package
Things didn’t go according to script. A little more than a week after the U.S. Senate passed its bipartisan version of a five-year farm bill, the House of Representatives couldn’t…