Agriculture

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 »

First-term Congressman, Jodey Arrington (TX-19), today announced two major victories for West Texas have been achieved, all within one week. Today, the U.S. Air Force announced that existing bomber bases, including Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene, will remain bomber bases into the future as Northrop Grumman’s next-generation B-21 “Raiders” become operational. The… Read more »

Friday on The Chad Hasty Show Representative Jodey Arrington joined the broadcast to talk about the serious progress being made on spending in Washington, with the passage of a two-year spending plan and what it means. Arrington and Hasty discussed the badly needed funding assurances for the military, what passage means for the national debt, and how West Texas ag producers will benefit… Read more »

By: Matt Dotray Cotton growers say it’s been needed since the last Farm Bill in 2014, and this week it finally got done. Added into the Bipartisan Budget Act approved by Congress and President Trump early Friday morning was a provision that makes cotton-seed eligible for farm programs under the commodity title of the Farm Bill, restoring the safety net for cotton growers effective… Read more »

By: Matt Dotray Most members of Congress probably aren’t as supportive as Rep. Jodey Arrington for the proposed budget bill that looked destined to stall out in the Senate late Thursday before a looming government shutdown. A-J Media spoke with the Lubbock Republican Thursday morning before the vote to approve a two-year budget was expected late Thursday, while the freshman… Read more »

If there’s one thing America’s cotton farmers pray for more than rain, it’s a safety net–just like every other U.S. agricultural commodity. Back in December, that prayer appeared to be in the process of being answered in Washington as the Texas cotton harvest was winding down. In what some describe as a “miracle” legislative feat, the U.S. House… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Jodey Arrington says cotton producers are one step away from getting cotton coverage again. Prior to the Christmas break, the U.S. House voted 251 to 169 to pass an $81 billion disaster relief bill for states and territories impacted by the hurricanes and wildfires last year. Included in the bill was a provision to help cotton farmers, who Arrington said are suffering from… Read more »

ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) - A supplemental appropriations bill that was passed in December may help cotton farmers get their crop back into the agriculture safety net. The cotton fix would come in at one of the most challenging economic times in our nation's agriculture history. Over the past three years, there has been a major decline in income for farmers. This has been the… Read more »

Congressman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) today announced a solution for putting cotton back into the agriculture safety net could come earlier than the next Farm Bill if the Senate takes action on a supplemental appropriations bill the House passed in late December. The bill includes a provision that would bring cotton back into Title I of the Farm Bill, and would cover cotton as both a seed and lint for the first time ever. Read more »