farm bill

The grant program will take effect in 2019.

A new five-year Farm Bill passed in the Senate on Tuesday by a vote of 68 to 32.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed it's version of the Farm Bill yesterday, January 29, on a vote of 251 to 166. Pundits on the right and left have decried the bill, either for spending too much in subsidies, or for directing too much money from the poor to the rich, but Montana farmer representatives seem to be happy with the final product.

On October 30, the U.S. Congress will head back to the drawing board and attempt to pass an omnibus Farm Bill. According to representatives from the Montana Farmer's Union, ranchers and farmers have a lot at stake in the decisions being made in Washington.

A U.S. House of Representatives vote has killed the farm bill (also known as FARRM), or at least one version of it.

The Farm Bill could take a big step forward today.

Senate "likely" to finalize its version of the farm bill by Friday.

In the final hours of 2012, much of the farm bill was extended through inclusion in the fiscal cliff negotiations. However, many items were left out.

Missoula CPA Walt Kero wonders if the fiscal cliff will be a mild bump, or more like a buffalo jump.

A lot of people are complaining about the onrushing fiscal cliff, but the situation is even worse for farmers who face the same economic difficulties with the addition of more uncertainties because the Farm Bill has not been passed.