Agriculture
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Glenn ‘GT' Thompson (R-PA) and Jim Langevin (D-RI) have introduced a bill to modernize the charter of the National FFA Organization (formerly Future Farmers of America) to better reflect agriculture education in the 21st Century.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT' Thompson today voted in favor of moving H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, out of the Agriculture Committee and to consideration before the full House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT' Thompson today joined with Chairman K. Michael Conaway (R-TX) and members of the House Agriculture Committee to introduce a new Farm Bill, H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018.
BELLEFONTE, Pa. – U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT' Thompson today applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for its announcement to reopen enrollment for an improved safety net program for dairy farmers.
WASHINGTON –U.S. Representatives Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (R-PA) and Cheri Bustos (D-IL) this week introduced the Farmers of Tomorrow Act, which is designed to make it easier for young farmers and veterans to purchase new land to begin a farming career.
Rule supports milk in schools, provides more flexibility with school lunches
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the School Meal Flexibility Rule, which provides regulatory changes for the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs.
Bipartisan bill will expand milk options for students, works with USDA to reverse the decline of milk consumption in schools
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson(PA-05) and Joe Courtney(CT-02) today introduced H.R. 4101, theSchool Milk Nutrition Act of 2017, which will ease unnecessary regulations preventing milk consumption in school lunch programs.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson, chairman of the House Agriculture Nutrition Subcommittee, supports the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s announcement of a Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP) for Texans recovering from Hurricane Harvey.
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced today that households who may not normally be eligible under regular SNAP rules may qualify for D-SNAP if they meet the disaster income limits and have qualifying disaster-related expenses.
WASHINGTON – U. S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson, Vice Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, today released the following statement after the Trump administration announced its intent to formally withdraw the “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule. The rule expanded the Clean Water Act under the Obama administration’s Environmental Protection Agency. It was overly burdensome on rural America and negatively impacted our nation’s farmers and growers: