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If passed, the 2023 Farm Bill is estimated to be the largest ever, featuring an “eye-popping” price tag of nearly $1.5 trillion, according to Mike Johanns, former USDA Secretary of ....
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said a potential government shutdown would put many of USDA critical services at risk including nutrition assistance, USDA marketing and house loans and the ability to provide technical assistance to Congress as it works on writing the farm bill. ....
During a 1956 speech in Illinois, President Dwight D. Eisenhower said, “You know, farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you’re a thousand miles from the cornfield.” Those words still ring true 67 years later as my colleagues and I on the House Agriculture Committee negotiate the new farm bill. ....
The success of our economy depends on the success of our farmers. Agriculture contributed roughly $1.3 trillion to GDP in 2021, with direct farm output reaching nearly $165 billion, according to the Department of Agriculture. The 2023 Feeding the Economy report also confirms the importance of agriculture to the economy, finding that nearly 43 million jobs, $2.3 trillion in wages, and $7.43 trillion in total food and industry economic activity are tied to agriculture. In other words, nearly 20% of the economy and roughly 30% of jobs are connected to agriculture in some way. ....
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Pa., said he believes if a farm bill is passed before the end of the calendar year it will avoid any “major disruption” despite the upcoming September 30 expiration. ....