Witness List: Realizing the Conservation Benefits of Precision Agriculture Read more »

WASHINGTON- House Agriculture Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture and Research Chair Stacey Plaskett of the U.S. Virgin Islands delivered the following remarks today at the hearing to review implementation of USDA Farm Bill research programs. [As Prepared for Delivery] "Good morning… Read more »

WASHINGTON (October 16, 2019) – Nearly a million U.S. children would lose direct eligibility for free school meals under the Trump Administration’s proposed changes to Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility, according to an impact analysis released this week by the Agriculture Department. That number is more than twice the original estimates from the Department upon the proposal’s release.… Read more »

WASHINGTON- House Agriculture Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee Chairman Jim Costa of California released the following statement after a briefing from Ambassador Gregg Doud of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: “I appreciate Ambassador Doud’s visit today and his candor in discussing the range of trade issues impacting our farm and food families nationwide. As I… Read more »

Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research Public Hearing RE: To Review Implementation of USDA Farm Bill Research Programs Thursday, October 17, 2019 10:00 a.m.  1300 Longworth House Office Building WITNESS LIST The Honorable Scott Hutchins, Deputy Under Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. Read more »

AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE SCHEDULE Week of October 21, 2019 [new] Tuesday, October 22, 2019 – 2:00PM 1300 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. Conservation and Forestry Subcommittee Hearing RE: “Realizing the Conservation Benefits of Precision Agriculture” Read more »

AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE SCHEDULE Week of October 14, 2019 [new] Thursday, October 17, 2019 – 10:00AM 1300 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research Subcommittee Hearing RE: “To Review Implementation of USDA Farm Bill Research Programs” Read more »

“Next week the President is expected to be in Minnesota and I look forward to hearing details about how his EPA will get back to the 15 billion gallons that are promised in law and address the 4 billion gallons lost in waivers that have already been granted. Until we have answers to those questions today’s announcement is just another IOU to struggling farmers and shuttered biofuel… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Ohio Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, Chair of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations, issued a statement Thursday in response to a proposal from the White House that would cut $4.5 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. The change, which involves eliminating state flexibility in administering the… Read more »

WASHINGTON – House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota issued a statement Thursday in response to news out of the U.S. Department of Agriculture on the delivery of additional prevented planting assistance, as authorized by the Disaster Relief Act of 2019. “As weather continues to throw wrenches into farmers’ plans, both in Western Minnesota and across the… Read more »