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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Sara Wyant
Agripulse, Columns, Columns, economy, Farm Bill, Opinion, USDA

Senate Ag Committee will try again to move a farm bill

The Senate Agriculture Committee plans another farm bill vote as lawmakers remain divided over SNAP cost-sharing requirements. Read More

Crops, Disaster, Farm Bill, Government, Lacey Vilhauer, USDA

Senate Agriculture Committee fails to advance farm bill 

first ethanol-to-jet fuel plant in Georgia
Arkansas, Beef, Colorado, Corn, Crops, Dairy, Dave Bergmeier, economy, Editors, Farm Bill, Grain Sorghum, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, research, South Dakota, Soybeans, Swine, Texas, Wheat, Wyoming

Senate ag committee releases its framework for a farm bill

The 2018 Farm Bill has expired, and OSU Extension’s Amy Hagerman says the expiration will result in both immediate changes as well as long-term shifts in the way producers run their operations. (Photo by Todd Johnson, OSU Agriculture).

On to a ‘skinny’ farm bill

  • July 21, 2025
  • By David Murray
Cattle from the Gardiner Angus Ranch have benefited from rangeland improvement that has also improved habitat for the lesser prairie-chicken on this 20,000-acre tract south of Ashland, Kansas. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)

‘Big Beautiful Bill’ signed by President Trump

  • July 9, 2025
  • By David Murray

House proposes cutting $230 billion from SNAP, redirecting funds to farm programs 

  • May 13, 2025
  • By Lacey Vilhauer
U.S. Capitol Building dome in Washington DC.(Photo by Kristen Labadie, University Communication and Marketing.)

Concern grows over farm bill delay

  • August 2, 2024
  • By David Murray
U.S. Capitol Building dome in Washington DC.(Photo by Kristen Labadie, University Communication and Marketing.)

What’s holding back the new farm bill? 

  • January 19, 2024
  • By Maxson Irsik
Cattle (Journal stock photo.)

Former ag secretary talks farm bill, impact on agriculture

  • November 10, 2023
  • By Kylene Scott
Mike Johanns. (Screenshot courtesy of Kylene Scott.)

Former ag secretary talks farm bill, impact on agriculture 

  • November 10, 2023
  • By Kylene Scott

Farm bill stakes could move upward 

  • November 3, 2023
  • By dave-bergmeier
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