The Livestock Subtitle of the bill creates a National Animal Vaccine and Veterinary Countermeasures bank, but no funds were earmarked for the vaccine bank.
Sonny Perdue, as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, may be the most aggressive enforcer of President Donald Trump’s pro-business and deregulatory agenda that the fewest Americans, outside agriculture, have ever heard of.
Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) said he assumes the Trump Administration would try to use U.S. farm bill legislation to shield the sector in a growing U.S.-China trade dispute.
The Senate passed bipartisan farm legislation that sets up a clash with the House and President Donald Trump over imposing broad new work requirements for food stamp recipients.
How checkoffs are managed could be drastically changed if legislation supported by one of the largest animal rights groups is added and passed in the farm bill.
If Congress keeps much of the present law, it’s possible that a new farm bill could be passed in early 2018, says a University of Missouri policy analyst.
Pork producers and cattlemen were happy with the version of the Farm Bill that was approved by members of the House on Thursday, and urge quick action by the Senate.
Democrats and Republicans said they reached a tentative deal on farm legislation after jettisoning controversial work requirements for food stamp recipients.
