Farm Bill

As Drought Turns To Flood, Farmers Get 'Weather Whiplash'

Peggy Lowe — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:33:00 +0000

As Chris Webber checked the 40 acres of muddy field he wanted to plant on a recent morning, he worried about getting more rain, even as he worried about the lack of it.

"The drought is over at the moment," he says. "But in Missouri, we tend to say that in 10 days or two weeks, we can be in a drought again.

At The Farmers Market, With Food Stamps

Grant Gerlock and Harvest Public Media — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:59:12 +0000

April Segura is a regular at the Old Cheney Road Farmers Market in Lincoln, Neb.

Food Stamp Use Doubles In Colorado

Luke Runyon — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:00:00 +0000

47 million Americans are enrolled in the SNAP program – short for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, more commonly known as food stamps.

How The Senate Farm Bill Would Change Subsidies

Tamara Keith — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 07:18:00 +0000

The Senate voted Monday to approve its version of the farm bill, a massive spending measure that covers everything from food stamps to crop insurance and sets the nation's farm policy for the next five years.

The centerpiece of that policy is an expanded crop insurance program, designed to protect farmers from losses, that some say amounts to a highly subsidized gift to agribusiness. That debate is set to continue as the House plans to take up its version of the bill this month.

For farmer Scott Neufeld, crop insurance is an integral part of his family's business.

Senate Passes Farm Bill

Jeremy Bernfeld and Harvest Public Media — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 01:24:25 +0000

The U.S. Senate approved a new comprehensive farm bill Monday, its plan for everything from food and nutrition assistance to disaster aid for livestock producers to crop insurance for farmers.