Agriculture

It's time to Make Frying Oil Tallow Again.

For 70 years, Kansas and American farmers have played an active role in sending their commodities to feed malnourished and starving populations around the world.

I live in a rural part of California, 18th highest poverty level in the country, where they have taken the water off the farms and my families simply can't afford it.

USDA understands the need for a strong labor pool for farmers.

During your testimony, you said you have had discussions about agriculture and climate change with John Kerry.

This bipartisan bill creates a Good Steward Cover Crop Program to subsidize farmers who use cover crops.

Recognize the Important Role the agriculture and forestry sector continues to have on our local environment...

This bipartisan bill would create a standalone program for alternative manure management conservation practices for dairy producers, and support additional practices to help reduce methane efforts.

Advancing Automation Research and Development in Agriculture Act.

This bipartisan bill would provide $20 million in annual mandatory spending to establish a new, standalone program that prioritizes mechanization and automation for specialty crops.

But the fact is that, to do that, there are good ways to do that and there are ways that really aren't helping the American farmer.

Food security is national security, and it is important that we do everything we can to support and protect American-grown products.

Dairy is an economic engine for the upper Midwest and provides bountiful nutrition for millions of Americans.

My bipartisan bill, Advancing Research on Agricultural Climate Impacts Act of 2023 (H.R. 5160), or ARACI, will help the USDA develop a standardized methodology to monitor and inventory regional soil carbon.

I think most farmers, including myself, would like to find a different path and, quite frankly, we call it hogwash.

Every one of us that is not a farmer is not a farmer because we have farmers.

Can you please pass a farm bill?

This bipartisan bill would require the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to conduct a study on the benefits of providing crop insurance for mushroom farmers.