Agriculture
WASHINGTON – House Leadership today appointed U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT' Thompson, Vice Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, to the conference committee tasked with negotiating a final Farm Bill.
The House and Senate have each passed their own versions of the 2018 Farm Bill, and a final bill must pass both chambers of Congress before it can be sent to the president to be signed into law.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT' Thompson today voted in favor of H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, to address the economic challenges facing the nation's farmers and ranchers, while making historic investments in federal nutrition programs.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Glenn ‘GT' Thompson today reminded local dairy producers that the enrollment period for the federal safety net program has been extended to June 22, 2018.
U.S. Representative Glenn 'GT' Thompson wrote the following op-ed for PennLive/The Patriot-News:
When my wife, Penny, and I were just starting out in the early 1980s, like many young couples, we struggled to make ends meet.
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.