Tag: Farm Bill

The recent passage of the 2018 Farm Bill creates the largest single source of federal funding for private land conservation. The bulk of funding in the five-year, $867 billion Farm...

The 2018 Farm Bill is nearly complete, but it comes two months after the 2014 Farm Bill expired, which has left the future growth of some programs in limbo. House...

The federal government’s fiscal year ended Sept. 30, marking the deadline for Congress to pass the federal budget, as well as some key pieces of legislation specifically related to conservation....

The 2018 Farm Bill conference committee plans to hold its first meeting Sept. 5, as the House comes back into session after its August recess. The conference committee must reconcile...

The Senate has passed its version of the 2018 Farm Bill, sending it to a conference committee to work out differences with a House bill and return a single bill...

The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee reported the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, also known as the Farm Bill, with a 20-1 roll call vote. The 2014 Farm Bill...

The House of Representatives failed to pass the 2018 Farm Bill (H.R. 2) last Friday, which would have reauthorized a number of agriculture, forestry, nutrition and conservation programs under the...

Debate has begun on the 2018 Farm Bill, which aims to reauthorize a variety of commodity, nutrition, forestry and conservation programs under the U.S. Department of Agriculture until 2023. The...

The Wildlife Society, alongside 10 TWS chapters and sections, has joined more than 150 conservation and agriculture organizations in a letter supporting the American Prairie Conservation Act (S.1913, H.R. 3939),...

Nineteen organizations, including The Wildlife Society, signed a letter to Congress in support of a native plants standard in the 2018 Farm Bill. The letter proposes that the USDA adopt...