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On June 13, 2013, the House Appropriations Committee approved its $19.5 billion Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies appropriations bill for fiscal year (FY) 2014.[1] The full House is expected to take up the bill soon. With nearly $17 trillion in federal debt and chronic deficits on the budget horizon, the House should pursue spending reductions that keep discretionary spending under the sequestration cap.

Senate allocates slightly less in overall spending that House version passed on July 20.

Bay state senators are seeking a massive increase in funding forChesapeake Bay restoration efforts.

Cory Booker Wants Ag to Be a (Much) Bigger Part of Democrats’ Infrastructure Push Apr 13, 2021 Sen. Cory Booker has reintroduced the Climate Stewardship Act. Photography by Miroslav Tomoski/Shutterstock President Joe Biden’s $2-trillion infrastructure plan is, as it stands today, noticeably light on cash set aside specifically for American agriculture. That won’t be the case for long if Sen. Cory Booker and a pair of his like-minded Democratic colleagues have their way.  Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. Abigail...

Policies to rein in emissions from agriculture cannot include factory farm gas and offsets markets