2013 farm bill

House and Senate negotiators emerged Monday with a new compromise farm bill, which means the end of the two-year farm bill writing saga may finally be in…

Fifteen percent of Americans received federal food stamp benefits in the 2013 fiscal year, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report released…

This is the latest installment of Harvest Public Media’s Field Notes, in which we talk about important issues related to food production.All year long,…

If it seems like Congress just can’t get the farm bill done, well… that’s because it can’t.All year long, Washington lawmakers have been saying they want…

Congress won’t pass a farm bill before early next year.That was the message from Washington Tuesday, when the principal farm bill players emerged from…

This is the latest installment of Harvest Public Media’s Field Notes, in which we talk about important issues related to food production.Thanks to tight…

Farmers may now have to wait until Congress makes its decisions about Syria before the farm bill gets any more attention.Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck…

Two Republican members of Missouri's Congressional delegation were at the State Fair Thursday, calling on Congress to pass a new federal farm bill,…

With Congress in its August recess, the farm bill is stalled and many are pessimistic about getting a new bill passed before the current extension expires…

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack is continuing to push Congress to send a farm bill to President Obama’s desk. And he says dwindling farmer…