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Indiana Food Banks Struggle As USDA Pulls Back Funding

InkFreeNews.com Posted Apr 08, 2025  Updated: Apr 8, 2025 @ 3:51 PM

Indiana food banks are bracing for a major disruption as the U.S. Department of Agriculture suspends $500 million in food deliveries nationwide.

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Posted in Breaking News, Scheduled Post | Tagged Emily Weikert Bryant, Farm Bill, Feeding Indiana's Hungry, food insecurity, Indiana food banks, Section 32, U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA | | Buy Photos | Contact Author

Funds To Release For Some Indiana Farmers’ Conservation Projects

InkFreeNews.com Posted Feb 24, 2025  Updated: Feb 24, 2025 @ 2:02 PM

It looks like at least some Indiana farmers will be getting the federal dollars they have been counting on for farm conservation and soil health.

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Posted in Breaking News, Scheduled Post | Tagged Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins, Conservation Stewardship Program, Farm Bill, Indiana farmers, Inflation Reduction Act, Live Earth Products, organic matter, Russell Taylor, U.S. Department of Agriculture | | Buy Photos | Contact Author

Indiana Food Banks Concerned About Draft Farm Bill’s Benefit Cuts

InkFreeNews.com Posted May 29, 2024  Updated: May 29, 2024 @ 9:11 AM

Groups fighting hunger in Indiana said they are deeply concerned about proposed cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and other nutritional benefits, saying the cuts could impede their progress.

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Posted in Archive 2024, Around Us | Tagged 2024 Farm Bill, Farm Bill, Food Bank, Food Finders Food Bank, SNAP, Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program | | Buy Photos | Contact Author

Farm Bill Stalled Amid U.S. House Speaker Battle, Delay Of Spending Bills

InkFreeNews.com Posted Oct 09, 2023  Updated: Oct 9, 2023 @ 1:27 PM

As Congress faces another pressing deadline to fund the government and the U.S. House grinds to a halt without a speaker, the reauthorization of the nation’s agriculture and hunger programs has taken a back seat.

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Posted in Archive 2023 | Tagged agriculture, congress, conservation, Farm Bill, international trade, sustainability | | Buy Photos | Contact Author

Public Invited To Soil & Water Local Working Group Meeting Sept. 5

InkFreeNews.com Posted Aug 28, 2023  Updated: Aug 28, 2023 @ 7:15 AM

The public is invited to join the Kosciusko County Soil & Water Conservation District on Tuesday, Sept. 5, for a local working group meeting.

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Posted in Archive 2023, Community | Tagged Farm Bill, Koscisko County Soil & Water Conservation District, Local Working Group meeting | | Buy Photos | Contact Author

Farm Bill Timeline In Flux As A Messy September For Congress Nears

InkFreeNews.com Posted Aug 17, 2023  Updated: Aug 17, 2023 @ 9:33 AM

By Ashley Murrray Indiana Capital Chronicle WASHINGTON — The roundtables, listening sessions and appearances at farm shows have largely wrapped up and lawmakers tasked with reauthorizing the nation’s agriculture and nutrition programs are comparing notes and beginning to draft the massive, multi-year farm bill. The 2018 version expires … Read More

Posted in Archive 2023 | Tagged Farm Bill, Food assistance, SNAP | | Buy Photos | Contact Author

Sen. Braun Pushes For More Spending On Agriculture Research

InkFreeNews.com Posted Aug 17, 2022  Updated: Aug 17, 2022 @ 11:41 AM

Indiana Sen. Mike Braun said increasing government spending on agriculture research should be a top priority for the federal government as lawmakers in Congress craft their ongoing response to food security issues.

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Posted in Archive 2022 | Tagged Bayer Crop Science North America, Farm Bill, Inflation Reduction Act, Jackie Applegate, Jackie Walorski, Joe Biden, Karen Plaut, Kip Tom, Mike Braun, Purdue University College of Agriculture, Senate Agricultural Committee, Todd Young, Tom Farms | | Buy Photos | Contact Author

USDA Implements 2014 Farm Bill Provision

InkFreeNews.com Posted Mar 24, 2015  Updated: Mar 24, 2015 @ 5:09 PM

The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced a proposed rule to limit farm payments to non-farmers, consistent with requirements Congress mandated in the 2014 Farm Bill. The proposed rule limits farm payments to individuals who may be designated as farm managers but are not actively engaged in farm … Read More

Posted in News Archive 2015 | Tagged Farm Bill, Tom Vilsack, United States Department of Agriculture | | Buy Photos | Contact Author

New Options Raise Farm Bill Questions

InkFreeNews.com Posted Dec 02, 2014  Updated: Dec 2, 2014 @ 2:19 PM

By KELLY HECKAMAN Extension Educator, Purdue Extension Kosciusko County There are two free meetings scheduled in north central Indiana on Monday, Dec. 15 where you can learn how the new farm program works and also have a chance to work through some examples. In Warsaw, the meeting will … Read More

Posted in Business, Community | Tagged agriculture, elkhart county, Farm Bill, Kosciusko County, Purdue Extension | | Buy Photos | Contact Author

New Options Raise Farm Bill Questions

InkFreeNews.com Posted Nov 24, 2014  Updated: Nov 24, 2014 @ 4:16 PM

By JEFF BURBRINK Extension Educator, Purdue Extension-Elkhart County This fall, there is a great deal of interest in the 2014 farm bill. There have been some major adjustments to the program. The Agricultural Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage programs are replacing the direct payment program of previous … Read More

Posted in Community | Tagged Farm Bill, Goshen, Jeff Burbrink, Purdue Extension, warsaw | | Buy Photos | Contact Author

Stutzman ‘Cannot Vote For’ Farm Bill

InkFreeNews.com Posted Dec 19, 2013  Updated: Dec 19, 2013 @ 3:04 PM

U.S. Congressman Marlin Stutzman, who worked earlier this year to usher a Farm Bill that separated agriculture and nutrition programs through the House for the first time in nearly 40 years, issued the following statement today in reaction to news reports stating that agriculture and nutrition programs will … Read More

Posted in News Archive 2013 | Tagged Farm Bill, Marlin Stutzman | | Buy Photos | Contact Author

Future Uncertain For Farmers

InkFreeNews.com Posted Dec 21, 2012  Updated: Dec 21, 2012 @ 11:14 AM

One thing is certain for corn farmers in 2013, and that is the importance of risk management amid extreme uncertainty in yields and revenues, Purdue agricultural economist Chris Hurt said. Three years of below-normal corn yields and ongoing drought in the western corn belt have the potential to … Read More

Posted in Archive 2012, Business | Tagged agriculture, drought, economy, Farm Bill, farming | | Buy Photos | Contact Author

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