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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…
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As farm bill negotiations continue in Washington, D.C., it’s fairly certain that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, will be cut. One…
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Though farm bill talks heated up this week in Washington, key legislators emerged from negotiations Thursday disappointed and predicted there would be no…
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Food pantries and homeless shelters say they're beginning to notice repercussions of a reduction in food stamps that will take effect Fri., Nov. 1. A…
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The farm bill expired at midnight on Monday, leaving farmers and ranchers across the country guessing at what federal farm policy will look like when they…
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How well would you do living off $4.80 a day for food? The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is often the way some families get food. The SNAP…
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Congress is bitterly divided on food stamps and other issues contained in the farm bill, but both political parties agree on something: the $5…
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Farmers in the Midwest were devastated by a crippling drought in 2012. The federal crop insurance program paid out a record $17.3 billion. And in rural…
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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…
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The U.S. House passed its version of farm bill legislation today. The revamped bill strips out funding for food aid and deals only with farm policy,…