Texas Farm Bureau applauds Senate committee passage of farm bill

With McConnell back, Senate ag committee advances farm bill on party lines

Republican members of the Senate Agriculture Committee voted Wednesday, Sept. 16 to advance a farm bill, though Democrats on the committee voted against the package due to continued disagreements on a nutrition section of the bill. The committee marked up the bill in August, then recessed after a failed vote as Democrats held out over their proposal for an extension of when some states will have...

Texas Farm Bureau applauds Senate committee passage of farm bill

The following statement may be attributed to Texas Farm Bureau President Russell Boening following the September 16th farm bill vote by the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Foresty.