Patrick Leahy

Kansas Republican Senator Jerry Moran along with Minnesota’s Amy Klobuchar and Vermont’s Patrick Leahy, both Democrats, recently introduced legislation that would relax the U.S. trade embargo with Cuba. The senators noted the goal of the Freedom to Export to Cuba Act  is to open another avenue for profit for American farmers and ranchers. “The unilateral ...

Late last week, Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley teamed up with Patrick Leahy of Vermont, to press Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue to increase the USDA’s efforts to speed funding for food aid appropriated by Congress for those in need. Merkley, the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that oversees funding for the USDA pointed out that Congress appropriated $36 billion to the Department

Congress continues to debate what kind of financial relief should be made available for farmers that has suffered losses because of Mother Nature.  House legislation is expected to have more aid for hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, the earlier legislative roadblock, plus new disaster aid eligibility for Midwest flood losses.  Th...