R.J. Karney

The American Farm Bureau Federation says Congress cannot continue to wait as losses continue to mount for farmers nationwide.  Last week, the Senate rejected two versions of a bill that would send funding to the USDA to help producers devastated by natural disasters last year and this year.  R....

President Trump’s fiscal 2019 budget request to Congress,could have even less impact on lawmakers’ spending decisions than last year’s request, now that a massive two-year budget deal is on the books.  The President proposed $5 billion, or 21%, in discretionary cuts to USDA’s 2018 budget, in everything from food safety and rural development to conservation, research, and foreign food aid.  It was