Mike Conaway

One of the biggest Ag issues this Congress will take up, or at least start, is the creation of the 2023 Farm Bill. During a recent roundtable discussion Michael Torrey, with Michael Torrey and Associates in Washington D.C., as well as Jay Truitt, of Policy Solutions LLC also in D ...

Late last week, South Dakota Representative Dusty Johnson introduced the Price Reform in Cattle Economics Act. Johnson, a House Ag Committee member, said the bill would increase transparency in the cattle market, as well as improve risk management for producers and support new and existing meat processors ...

It’s been 200 years since the House Agriculture Committee was established. Back on April 29, 1820, Congressman Lewis Williams of North Carolina introduced a House resolution to create a committee to oversee the agricultural sector of the economy. Th ...

On Tuesday, President Trump signed an executive order keeping meatpacking plants open during the COVID-19 pandemic. The President used the Defense Production Act to order companies to stay open as critical infrastructure, as meatpacking plants over the past couple of weeks closed with spikes in coronavirus cases among employees ...

Farmers for Free Trade and a group of agricultural organizations will host a rally Thursday in Washington, D.C. on the National Mall in support of USMCA.  Congress has returned from its August recess, and agriculture groups are mounting a push to get the trade deal passed by lawmakers this fall.  ...

Farmers for Free Trade and a group of agricultural organizations will host a rally Thursday in Washington, D.C. on the National Mall in support of USMCA.  Congress has returned from its August recess, and agriculture groups are mounting a push to get the trade deal passed by lawmakers this fall.   ...

Representative Mike Conaway of Texas announced Wednesday he would not seek reelection. The long-time House Agriculture Committee member and former Chairman calls his time in Congress “an honor and privilege that I cannot adequately describe.”  ...

Representative Mike Conaway of Texas announced Wednesday he would not seek reelection. The long-time House Agriculture Committee member and former Chairman calls his time in Congress “an honor and privilege that I cannot adequately describe.”   ...

It’s not a luxury, but a necessity.   That was the message Ag lawmakers and witnesses told a recent Congressional hearing on rural broadband expansion.  The need to expand rural broadband service is unique is Washington D.C. as one of th...

When Congress reconvenes this month, the Democrats will have control of the House, meaning the leadership for House Committees will change.  How will the House Ag Committee changing from Mike Conaway to Collin Peterson impact the farming community.  ...