Farm Bill

⋅ BY MARY HIGHTOWER ⋅ University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Farmers urged Congress strengthen price and revenue support programs, take a new look at crop insurance and streamline the way for migrant labor during a Farm Bill listening session...

A new Congress will be seated this month, and one of the biggest items to cross their desks will be the new Farm Bill. Farm Bills are never easy, and considering this is likely to be the first Farm Bill to...

Input costs have risen alarmingly in recent months. The causes are many, complex and unsustainable. The supply chain issues of the past two years continue to plague commodity industries. The conflict in Ukraine has worsened supply chain disruption, and...

After more than two years of work, discussing and debating policies and ironing out the kinks, the 2018 Farm Bill has finally been passed and signed into law, and it’s due largely in part to the perseverance and hard...

USA Rice kicked off the third leg of the Think Rice Road Trip in October. And it seems to me like a good time to take a look in the rearview mirror and reflect on the many rice success...

House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (R-Texas) has introduced the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, House Resolution 2 — known informally as the 2018 Farm Bill. In releasing the wide-sweeping legislative proposal April 12, Conaway said in a statement,...

I’m not going to lie to you — things in Washington, D.C., are a little strange. Important positions in some federal agencies are going unfilled, at times the administration appears to be at war with itself and Congress is...

Shorter supplies have shorn up the current market, but increased 2018 planting projections cloud long-term price outlook. By Kurt Guidry When reviewing the factors influencing the rice market, it becomes fairly apparent that contrasting forces could shape future price movement. On one...

Farmers are urged to complete the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 2017 Census of Agriculture, which should be arriving in their mailboxes in December. The census can be returned by mail or securely submitted online. University of Missouri Extension economist Ryan Milhollin...

The U.S. Senate confirmed former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue as the secretary of agriculture, April 24, on an 87-11 vote. As head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Perdue will be in charge of a staff of about 100,000 employees....

Rice-focused conservation program draws from public and private funding to help growers install on-the-ground improvements. By Vicky Boyd Editor Recognizing that sustainability is gaining importance among rice buyers, producer Michael Fruge wanted to get ahead of the curve. The Eunice, La., rice and soybean grower signed up...

The rice industry faces challenges ahead, but Ag Secretary nominee Sonny Perdue brings a Southern-oriented Farm Bill background. By Betsy Ward President and CEO USA Rice The Trump candidacy may well have changed campaigning forever. And the Trump Administration is, as promised, turning Washington on its...

USA Rice takes a look back at 50 years of ag advocacy in Washington, D.C. As Rice Farming celebrates its golden anniversary, I’d like to offer congratulations and take a brief look at what the agriculture landscape in Washington, D.C.,...

Change comes to Washington, D.C.; USA Rice is ready By Betsy Ward President and CEO USA Rice Every four or eight years, the country gets a new president, and he’s usually not from the party of the sitting president. In fact, only twice in modern history...

The Arkansas Agriculture Department would like to remind potential applicants that it is accepting applications for the 2015 Arkansas Century Farm program. The program recognizes Arkansas’s rich agricultural heritage and honors families who have owned and farmed the same...