Agriculture

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:

Planned multi-year project will study sustainable water management at sites in Pennsylvania, Arizona, Nebraska

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson today announced a $2.2 million grant for Penn State University through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.