Stabenow Ranking Senate Agriculture Committee Democrat Debbie Stabenow praised the addition of a trade undersecretary at the Department of Agriculture, but is concerned with the proposed rural development changes. The…
Roberts Suggests no New Farm Bill Funding
…Democrat Debbie Stabenow noted that the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the 2014 farm bill will save $80 billion more than expected and that 500 groups have said there should…
Changes Needed in Farm Bill Safety Net Outlined at Senate Hearing
…and labor shortages, tax reform, child nutrition and environmental sustainability. He thanked Senate Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow for arranging the hearing in Michigan, and for her engagement on…
NMPF Urges Dairy Imitators to Comply with Food Labeling Standards
…Baldwin (D-WI), Angus King (I-ME) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), the leading Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee. The House version’s supporters include: Reps. Peter Welch (D-VT), Mike Simpson (R-ID), Sean…
Conaway Disappointed Cotton, Dairy Farmers Left in the Lurch
…hard to restore the safety net for our nation’s dairy farmers. Unfortunately, Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Pat Leahy (D-VT) insisted on an $800 million plan that was cobbled together…
NCC Extremely Disappointed With Exclusion of Cottonseed Policy From Omnibus
…the 2018 farm bill. The Bronwood, Ga., cotton producer says that, unfortunately, Senators Leahy (D-VT) and Stabenow (D-MI) chose to play politics at the expense of cotton producers and farm…
House Agriculture Committee Leadership Calls for Swift Confirmation of Governor Sonny Perdue
…Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, and Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, encouraging the swift confirmation of Governor Sonny Perdue as the nation’s next Secretary of Agriculture. Dear Senators: We wish…
Senate Ag Committee Talks with Perdue
…forward. During a confirmation hearing Thursday, Senate Agriculture Committee Ranking Democrat Debbie Stabenow announced intentions to vote for the former Georgia Governor to become the next to lead the Department…
Stabenow Asking for USDA Bird Flu Response Information
Senate Agriculture Committee ranking Democrat Debbie Stabenow of Michigan is asking the Agriculture Department to outline its avian influenza response. Stabenow specifically is asking Acting Deputy Agriculture Secretary Michael Young…
NFU Approves of Bill Adding USDA to Foreign Investment Committee
…Investment in the United States. The Food Security is National Security Act, introduced in the Senate by Michigan Democrat Debbie Stabenow and Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley, also directs the committee…
Senate Ag Needing Ethic Paperwork on Perdue
…a spokesperson for Michigan’s Debbie Stabenow, the top Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee, says the committee still needs Perdue’s ethics paperwork and FBI background check, as of Friday. Perdue’s…
NMPF Urges Senate Ag Committee to Confirm Perdue as Ag Secretary
…Committee Chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) that the former Georgia governor’s extensive experience in public policy, business and agriculture provides him with the proper skills…
First Farm Bill Field Hearing in Kansas
U.S. Senate Ag Committee Chair Pat Roberts, a Kansas Republican, and ranking member Debbie Stabenow, a Michigan Democrat, announced the first field hearing on reauthorizing the Farm Bill will be…
Uncertainty Ahead for Organic Animal Welfare Rule
…business.” The Kansas Republican promised to work with USDA under the new administration to “ease this over-regulation.” Ranking Democrat from the Senate Agriculture Committee, Debbie Stabenow expressed disappointment in the…