American Farm Bureau Releases Strategic Action Goals for 2018
The American Farm Bureau Federation today released its 2018 strategic action plan goals. The goals, which identify the organization’s top public policy issues for 2018, were approved last week in...
View Article2018 Farm Bill Conferences Set in Kansas and Nebraska
K-State, University of Nebraska teaming up MANHATTAN, Kan. – The new 2018 Farm Bill is coming together and experts are beginning to see the form it will take. Starting in February and extending into...
View ArticleK-State Joins National Effort to Communicate
FedByScience initiative launches alongside 2018 Farm Bill to help explain the need for US farmers to stay competitive and how universities support them WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new effort to boost...
View ArticleSenate Committee Vote a “Positive Step” for 2018 Farm Bill
WASHINGTON (June 13, 2018) – National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Executive Director of Government Affairs Allison Rivera today issued the following statement in response to the Senate Agriculture,...
View ArticleHouse Passes Farm Bill
Today the House passed the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 (H.R. 2), critical legislation to address the economic challenges facing the nation’s farmers and ranchers, while making significant...
View ArticleNCBA Applauds U.S. House Motion
WASHINGTON (July 18, 2018) – National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President Kevin Kester today issued the following statement regarding the U.S. House of Representatives’ approval of a motion to...
View ArticleFarm Bureau Calls for Final Farm Bill Approval
The following statement regarding the House and Senate Ag Leaders’ announced “agreement in principle” on the 2018 Farm Bill conference report may be attributed to American Farm Bureau Federation...
View ArticleNCBA Hails Congressional Approval of 2018 Farm Bill
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President Kevin Kester today issued the following statement regarding U.S. House and Senate passage of the 2018 Farm Bill conference report: “America’s cattlemen...
View ArticleStatement of Secretary Perdue on Passage of the Farm Bill
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today hailed the passage of the 2019 Farm Bill. The House of Representatives approved the conference report on the bill this afternoon, following the...
View ArticleStatement of Secretary Perdue on President Trump’s Signing of the Farm Bill
(Washington, D.C., December 20, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today celebrated President Trump’s signing of the 2018 Farm Bill and issued the following statement: “This is a great...
View ArticleUSDA to Restore Original Intent of SNAP
(WASHINGTON, December 20, 2018) – At the direction of President Donald J. Trump, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced a proposed rule (PDF, 300 KB) intended to move more...
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