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Farm bill conference committee leaders are at odds over the commodity title.  Senator Debbie Stabenow claims House Ag Committee Chairman Mike Conaway has politicized the farm bill with a provision that would take “tens of millions” of dollars from Midwestern farmers for cotton growers in the South, according to the Hagstrom Report.   The 2014 far...

The “big four” farm bill leaders met Thursday in an effort to advance negotiations of the conference committee.  Senators Pat Roberts and Debbie Stabenow, along with Representatives Mike Conaway and Collin Peterson, met Thursday in Washington D.C. to advance th...

While Monday was a good day for trade, it also marked the first day without a farm bill.  Lawmakers failed to gain a consensus in the farm bill conference committee before the September 30th deadline as the previous farm bill expired.  House A...

House Ag Chairman Mike Conaway expressed disappointment that lawmakers were unable to pass a 2018 Farm Bill before Sunday’s expiration of the existing Farm Bill.  Despite the failure, Conaway says he remains committed to getting the bill done.   “...

We’re in the final days of the 2014 Farm Bill.  Will lawmakers pass an updated Farm Bill by the end of the month?Representative Dan Newhouse said he remains confident the House and Senate can work together to find common ground that benefits everyone.  The Cent...

Senate Ag Chairman Pat Roberts said he now sees a pathway to a final House-Senate farm bill that can pass by the end of September.  Roberts said even the toughest difference between the two farm bills, the House’s tightened SNAP food stamp work requirements, can be bridged.  While th...

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway has offered up what he calls a “significant compromise” on nutrition programs in the farm bill. Conaway declined to get into specifics with Politico, but says last week he sent a proposal to his counterparts in the Senate offering a compromise on SNAP. He said th...

House Ag Committee Chairman Mike Conaway will tour Central Washington Thursday.  Conaway and Representative Dan Newhouse will tour Roche Fruit’s packing house in Yakima this Thursday afternoon, speaking with staff about the state’s apple industry.  From there, th...

As the summer session was wrapping up in Washington D.C., several lawmakers including Dan Newhouse were hopeful the House would vote on legislation updating immigration policy.  The reform, would replace the current H-2A system with an H-2C, which Newhouse and other Ag lawmakers say would be a huge benefit for farmers and the migrant community.  Wh...

Senate Ag Committee Chair Pat Roberts, Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, House Ag Chair Michael Conaway, and Ranking Member Collin Peterson met today about the farm bill conference. The meeting took place even though the Senate hasn’t voted to go to conference. The ...