farm safety net

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue announced Wednesday low-income Alabama residents recovering from Hurricane Sally could be eligible for aid from the USDA’s D-SNAP.

Sonny Perdue announced producers should received payments this month for the USDA’s Agriculture Risk Coverage, Price Loss Coverage and Conservation Reserve programs

**As Congress meets to consider budget proposals and annual spending bills, a group of 59 farm, environmental, credit and young farmers organizations circulated letters Tuesday, urging them to “protect crop insurance and recognize its central importance to farmers, lenders and all of rural America...

There may be a possibility of action on the Trans Pacific Partnership as early as this summer in the House Ways and Means Committee. Committee Chair Kevin Brady said action would only happen if the Obama Administration resolves concerns that Republicans and some Democrats have on the trade deal...