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August 16, 2024

Task Force Meeting Covers Threats, Opportunities in the Ag Industry

Legislative leaders from 18 states and Canada learned about challenges in the agriculture industry during a bipartisan meeting in early August.

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June 25, 2024

Task Force Tackles Ag Industry’s Hottest Topics

The biannual meeting of NCSL’s Agriculture Task Force in St. Paul, Minn., gathered legislators and legislative staff for a full day of tours followed by bipartisan policy sessions covering the agriculture economy, sustainable aviation fuel,...

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March 29, 2024

Of Crops and Credit: Commodities Programs Steady Prices, Support Producers

As Congress works on a new farm bill, the section of the law addressing agricultural commodities is a top priority. The third largest of the bill’s 12 sections, or titles, the commodities title helps provide financial security and...

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March 20, 2024

Farm Bill Is Safety Net in an Uncertain Ag World

The farm bill’s crop insurance program helps farmers and ranchers mitigate potential financial risks of adverse market and growing conditions.

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March 18, 2024

Conservation Issues Are Central to the Ongoing Farm Bill Debate

Key to the debate over the farm bill are tailored, research-based conservation assistance programs that emphasize locally adaptable practices and allow farmers and ranchers to target responses to land management issues.

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July 17, 2023

Arizona Lawmakers Find Common Ground on Water

With a megadrought threatening the supply of Colorado River water to the West, the Arizona Legislature agreed to invest $1 billion to find new water sources and will ask the federal government to investigate diverting floodwaters from the...

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