Tag: Senate Agriculture Committee

PIA Agents Fly in to Advocate on Crop Insurance

On By Jon Gentile, Vice President, Government Relations

A few of the participants outside the office of Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) This week, crop insurance agents from PIA affiliates from North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Minnesota came to Washington, D.C. to advocate on a variety of issues related to the federal crop insurance program.   Crop insurance provides our nation’s farmers with the …

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Changes Coming to Agriculture Committees; Vilsack Named Secretary-Designate

On By Jon Gentile, Vice President, Government Relations

While there are still outstanding congressional races left to be decided, and the membership of committees for the next Congress will not be finalized for several more weeks, there will be big changes coming to the leadership of the U.S. House and Senate Agriculture Committees in 2021. Although the next Farm bill is not up …

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