Congress engaged in a nasty tug-of-war over government funding Thursday that pinned disaster relief and farm provisions at the center of all the chaos. A day after President-elect Donald Trump and ...

The Disaster Relief for Farm Workers Act would provide compensation to farmworkers who lose out on wages due to disasters. The Disaster Relief for Farm Workers Act would provide compensation to ...

This means that the current farm program and crop insurance provisions will remain in place through the 2025 crop year. In addition, the legislation also included $110 billion in disaster ...

A bill to provide disaster relief to hundreds of thousands of farm workers was introduced by U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla. If signed into law, the Disaster Relief for Farm Workers Act will provide ...

The stopgap farm bill is set to expire next week ... So far in 2024, there have been 20 disasters each costing at least $1 billion in damage, many of which have pummeled farmers.

It allows farmers without crop insurance to receive disaster relief, opening the door for so many specialty crop producers left behind by our current farm safety net. It also permits states to ...

SIEGLER: Now, are other federal farm disaster programs that should help pay these ranchers for things like fences and soil rehab. A spokeswoman for Oregon's governor told NPR the state is ...

The USDA Farm Service Agency declared 22 Ohio counties natural disaster areas Tuesday due to the state's ongoing drought, allowing farmers to apply for emergency loans from the federal government.

What is urgently needed is a Vermont farm disaster impact recovery fund. Farmers’ stewardship of the land produces our food. As if that were not important enough, farmers are an iconic part of ...