Agriculture

WASHINGTON – Today Congressman Jodey Arrington (TX-19), a member of the House Agriculture Committee, released the following statement regarding the introduction of this year’s Farm Bill. Read more »

By Sen. John Cornyn and Rep. Jodey Arrington Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Cotton is deeply woven into the cultural and economic fabric of Texas. Despite seismic changes in the state’s economy from the first wildcatters in East Texas at the turn of the last century to a different kind of wildcatters who built the new Silicon Hills of Austin, cotton’s influence and importance has… Read more »

Every place has a history and a culture that defines it. For West Texans, it's agriculture. It is what drove our ancestors to settle in this region, and it is what connects us to that pioneering spirit of our past. Over time, this region has become the food and fiber capital of the United States, and that didn't happen by accident. It was built on the backs of farmers and ranchers who… Read more »

Mary Jane Buerkle | Mar 19, 2018 Plains Cotton Growers, Inc., will host their 61st Annual Meeting on Friday, April 6, 2018 in the Banquet Hall of the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., and the program will start promptly at 9 a.m. The meeting is held in conjunction with the Texas Cotton Ginners' Association Annual Meeting and Trade Show, April 5-6,… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) delivered a speech on the House floor advocating free and fair trade. For 16 consecutive years, Texas has led the nation in trade exports, with over $264 billion in value last year, and the 10th largest economy in the world. Last week, Arrington joined 106 of his Republican colleagues in a letter to President Trump expressing “deep concern… Read more »

By Matt Dotray / A-J Media Cotton producers applauded another political move this week as the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it’s revamping its ginning assistance program. This comes less than a month after a move by Congress to make cotton-seed eligible for Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage in the 2018 crop year. The National Cotton Council has described… Read more »

In July of 2017, Arrington helped his friend and fellow West Texan, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee Mike Conaway, secure the support of over a hundred of their colleagues in the House for a letter to President Trump and Agriculture Secretary Perdue, asking that USDA restart the Cotton Ginning Cost Share program. Following today’s announcement by Secretary of Agriculture… Read more »

ABILENE, Texas (KTAB) - Cotton farmers across the Big Country are rejoicing this month after Congress passed a funding bill that restored a safety net for cotton producers. When cotton was taken off Title I of the Farm Bill, local cotton farmers say they were put in a tough situation. "You know with the expenses of seed, equipment, metal, it's been real tough for the last… Read more »

Delta FarmPress By: Ron Smith When Congress passed a supplemental disaster bill that included cotton and dairy as Title I commodities in the farm programs, the pathway to putting a new farm bill in place became a bit easier, says House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway, R-Texas. Chairman Conaway, in an interview with Delta Farm Press Thursday, said that the disaster… Read more »

By: Emily Falkenberg In this week's Ag Journal, Congressman Jodey Arrington and local cotton growers discuss the impact that the Bipartisan Budget Act will have on the cotton industry. South Plains cotton growers can finally take a sigh of relief after a funding bill passed in Congress that put cotton back under Title I protections in the farm bill. The passing of this funding bill… Read more »