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Tag: Mike Conaway
Lawmakers Concerned About Disaster Related Ag Funding – DTN Sep 23, 2020
When Congress conducts a postmortem of agriculture’s performance during the COVID-19 economic shutdown, chances are some segments of the industry could see structural changes, and the farm bill’s role in […]
Third Market Facilitation Payment? DC Sentiment Brewing – DTN Mar 5, 2020
With questions growing about China’s commitment to buy U.S. agriculture commodities as that country deals with the coronavirus outbreak, the ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee on Wednesday urged […]
Texas: Disaster Relief for Crop Losses Due to 2018, 19 Droughts Jan 24, 2020
Recent passage of a Congressional act may bring relief to farmers who experienced crop losses due to drought in 2018 and 2019. In December 2019, Congress passed the FY2020 Further […]
Trade Aid: Politics Over MFP Funds? – DTN Sep 18, 2019
Top Democrats on the House Agriculture Committee are pushing back on plans by other House Democrats to potentially block or delay more Market Facilitation Program payments to farmers. The Commodity […]
Cotton: USDA, Texas Tech to Build On-Campus Classing Facility Jul 2, 2019
USDA announced on Tuesday the establishment of a cooperative agreement between its Agricultural Marketing Service’s Cotton and Tobacco Program (C&T) and Texas Tech University to construct, own, and operate a […]
African Swine Fever – How Are We Keeping It Out of the U.S.? – DTN May 22, 2019
A USDA official updated members of Congress on Tuesday about work to keep African swine fever from infecting the U.S. pork industry. Greg Ibach, undersecretary of marketing and regulatory programs […]
Still No Farm Bill, But Lots of Views – DTN Nov 21, 2018
The chairs of the House and Senate Agriculture committees remain silent on the status of farm bill conference negotiations, but there have been plenty of comments in the last few […]
Farm Policy: Chairman Conaway Provides Perspective on Farm Bill Jun 25, 2018
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway (R., Tex.) was a guest on Friday’s “Adams on Agriculture” radio program with Mike Adams. After failing to pass on the House floor last month, the measure succeeded on Thursday […]
Farm Bill Outlook: Perspective From Chairman Conaway Apr 27, 2018
House Ag Committee Chairman Mike Conaway was a guest on Thursday’s “Adams on Agriculture” radio show with Mike Adams. The Texas Republican provided his perspective on the status of Farm Bill legislation […]
Farm Bill Kerfuffle: More ‘Family Members’ Could Collect Commodity Payments – DTN Apr 17, 2018
While most of the focus on the House farm bill is on changes to nutrition programs, a new kerfuffle has cropped up over changes to farm programs that would benefit […]
