Farmers say Title One — a farm bill program that sends money when crop prices or harvests get low enough — isn’t working as a buffer against tough years. Yet others argue the nearly 100-year-old ...

On December 21, 2024, the US Congress passed the American Relief Act (ARA), which provided funds to cover losses by households and many economic sectors from natural disasters in 2023 and 2024. The ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A taxpayer-funded program to help dairy farmers cope with slumping milk prices will likely cost billions of dollars more than expected, from an original cost of $1.3 billion to a ...

The Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) most recent Baseline for Farm Programs, released on May 12, identifies expected outlays for farm program spending, assuming existing programs continue without ...

Eligible farm operators have from Jan. 21 until April 15 to enroll in the 2025 farm program, either online or at local USDA Farm Service Agency offices. Late in 2024, the 2018 Farm Bill was extended ...

FARGO, N.D. -- Since 2008, the U.S. farm support program has kicked out a half-billion to a billion dollars every year, depending largely on the size and impact of weather disasters, which have become ...

For over seven decades, many of the programs authorized by successive farm bills have been subject to sunset mandates, including in the current farm bill, the 2018 Agriculture Improvement Act, whose ...

Harvest Ridge Organics harvests wheat on a field in Idaho. Farmers are hoping to get more money through commodity support programs for crops like wheat in this year's farm bill. Farmers say Title One ...