Source: NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE COALITION, 5/25/18

Each year, Congress passes far-reaching funding legislation, known as appropriations legislation, to fund federal programs across the government. This includes many of the programs administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

On Thursday May 24, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed its agriculture appropriations bill for fiscal year (FY) 2019.  The Committee worked off of the bill that was passed out of the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee two days earlier. The bill provides funding for food and agriculture programs ranging from food safety and rural development to farm credit and nutrition assistance. The appropriations process is moving at a historically rapid pace at the committee level, but from here things may slow down as House and Senate leadership take over from the usually congenial Committees.

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