House members are aiming to standardize future roll-outs of specialty crop disaster aid with farm bill provisions that would set rules for the Agriculture Department to follow when doling out future ...

The high cost of renting and buying homes in U.S. cities is no secret. But this affordability problem isn’t limited to urban regions – it affects rural areas as well. Rural areas, home to about 25% of ...

Anyone who wants a quick lesson in Republican double standards on benefits fraud should pay attention to the details of the Farmer Bridge Assistance program, which will be sending $12 billion in ...

Specialty crop producers have a month to apply for aid payments that will be distributed according to commodity-specific payment rates that will be announced later, the Agriculture Department ...

The program, intended to help farmers facing tight margins and weak commodity prices for the 2025 crop year, has drawn strong early participation from producers across the Midwest.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, has joined Sen. Peter Welch, D-VT, to reintroduce the Rural Innovation for a Stronger Economy Reauthorization Act. It’s legislation that would ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The United States Department of Agriculture says the Valley is losing hundreds of farms a year, and California growers say more could soon be put out of business. $48 million ...

H.R. 1 made deep cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program but also established the Rural Health ...

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is opening applications on Monday for the Farmer Bridge Assistance program. This initiative will allocate up to $11 billion to support row crop ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — Two federal programs that pay Alabama farmers to grow fresh produce for school cafeterias and food ...

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Monday that several programs are now open to Louisiana farmers and livestock producers following January’s winter ice storm.

Chairman Boozman, Ranking Member Klobuchar, and Members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you on this important topic. My name is Zippy Duvall. I am ...