Source: FARM POLICY NEWS, UNIV. OF ILLINOIS, 2/16/17

The House Agriculture Committee of the 115th Congress began laying the ground work for the next Farm Bill yesterday by holding a hearing to "review the economic challenges facing rural America." Although the majority of federal agricultural appropriations are related to nutrition issues, yesterday's hearing signaled that the rural and farm economy are priorities for the Committee and current economic conditions in the heartland "must be front and center" as the Farm Bill process begins. 

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