Source: Jacqui Fatka, FARM PROGRESS, 8/3/21


In action Monday, the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies approved a budget of $25.855 billion, which is an increase of $2.5 billion above fiscal year 2021 enacted level, in discretionary funding to support federal agriculture and nutrition programs in Fiscal Year 2022. The full Senate Appropriations Committee will take up the legislation on Wednesday. Last week the House advanced the agriculture spending bill as part of a minibus package. 

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