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Conservation programs have grown significantly in size and scope over the last 25 years. The Agricultural Act of 2014 maintained the core functions and goals of the conservation title while eliminating or combining duplicative and overlapping program...
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America’s farmers and ranchers provide the world with the safest, highest quality, most abundant, diverse and affordable supply of food and fiber mankind has ever known. With the population expected to reach 10 billion by 2050, food production techno...
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U.S. agriculture has a strong history of innovation to develop better and more efficient ways to feed Americans and the world. The committee has been supportive of this innovation in agriculture in many ways, including in the strong support of resear...
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America’s farmers, ranchers and end-users depend on well-functioning markets to manage their businesses and mitigate risk. The success of these markets benefits consumers, the economy, and business around the globe. Over the past several months, the ...
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Global food price spikes in 2008 and 2011 led to significant unrest and political instability around the world. Throughout that period, on average, Americans continued to spend less of their disposable income on food than any other nation on earth. W...
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In anticipation of the next farm bill, which is still three years away, the committee has engaged in a top-to-bottom review of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the Past, Present, and Future of SNAP. In the committee’s first seven hearin...
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In 2014, U.S. agriculture exports reached a record-setting $152.5 billion, and with the recently-passed Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), Congress will be able to work alongside U.S. trade officials as they negotiate deals that could greatly expand ma...
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First adopted in the 2002 Farm Bill, COOL has since been challenged in the World Trade Organization (WTO) by Canada and Mexico, main livestock exporters to the U.S., four times. Last month, the WTO's Appellate Body ruled against the United States’ Co...
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"This bill codifies new practices instituted by the CFTC and other market regulators to protect customer margin, it includes a strong cost-benefit analysis measure to produce better rules, and it provides relief for end-users from burdensome requirem...
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*Agricultural Act of 2014* The Agricultural Act of 2014 is the product of the House-Senate Farm Bill Conference. It is a five-year farm bill that reforms agricultural policy, reduces the deficit, and grows the economy. Text Statement of Managers Bill...
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