Coming up

While some skeptics might think we will be lucky to have a farm bill by Thanksgiving, the House Agriculture Committee is certainly doing their part to keep things moving along.

On Thursday this week, the House Agriculture subcommittee on nutrition and forestry will consider food stamps, the f/v program for schools and other nutrition programs.

On June 19, Tuesday, the House Ag subcommittee on general farm commodities and risk management will consider the heavyweight topics of farm programs and crop insurance.

The pivotal dates for the entire committee will be June 26-28, when the full committee will consider the entire farm bill package. It is there that hort subcommittee chair Rep. Dennis Cardoza will have to make the case for expanding funding for f/v priorities.