Agriculture
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.
USDA funding will help undergraduates enter agriculture workforce
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson, Vice Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, today announced grant funding for the Pennsylvania State University through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
‘Young Farmer Success Act’ offers beginning farmers same student loan assistance to teachers, nurses, public servants
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (PA-05) has introduced a bill that will invest in the next generation of farmers and help them pay back their student loans through an existing program geared toward public service.