Farm Bill
Effect of the Farm Bill 2013 on Hunger
Effect of the Farm Bill 2013 on Hunger
Farm Bill 2013 Summary
The Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, widely known as the Farm Bill 2013 is an omnibus, five-year appropriations bill that manages a range of the country’s food and agricultural policies. The bill can be summarized in the following titles:
Food Stamps and Food nutrition: The current bill sets aside $760.5 billion over the next decade of this program. The biggest share of this appropriation will go to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). However, the bill has tweaked some of the rules to tighten eligibility so that to reduce overall spending on the program.
Commodity Programs: The bill has set aside $41.3 billion over the next decade to fund several programs that will protect farmers against sharp price fluctuations. In particular, dairy farmers and planters of cash crops such as cotton, soybean, corn, rice, wheat and peanut will be the biggest beneficiaries of these programs.
Crop insurance: The bill has set aside $89 billion for this program for the next decade. In the past, most farmers have been capable of buying crop insurance to protect them against price declines or crop failures. While the government was paid $7 billion each year to cover these premiums, the current bill extends this spending by an additional $5 billion. This will cover deductibles that farmers are required to pay before they are insured.
Conservation: This includes programs to shield farmers against soil erosion, to encourage them to cultivate on less land and to help them use green methods of farming such as drip irrigation.
The bill sets aside $ 58 billion for these programs.
Trade: This title aims at promoting American crops internationally while providing food aid to foreign countries. It also mandates the government to offer technical support to
Effect of the Farm Bill 2013 on Hunger
Farm Bill 2013 Summary
The Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, widely known as the Farm Bill 2013 is an omnibus, five-year appropriations bill that manages a range of the country’s food and agricultural policies. The bill can be summarized in the following titles:
Food Stamps and Food nutrition: The current bill sets aside $760.5 billion over the next decade of this program. The biggest share of this appropriation will go to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). However, the bill has tweaked some of the rules to tighten eligibility so that to reduce overall spending on the program.
Commodity Programs: The bill has set aside $41.3 billion over the next decade to fund several programs that will protect farmers against sharp price fluctuations. In particular, dairy farmers and planters of cash crops such as cotton, soybean, corn, rice, wheat and peanut will be the biggest beneficiaries of these programs.
Crop insurance: The bill has set aside $89 billion for this program for the next decade. In the past, most farmers have been capable of buying crop insurance to protect them against price declines or crop failures. While the government was paid $7 billion each year to cover these premiums, the current bill extends this spending by an additional $5 billion. This will cover deductibles that farmers are required to pay before they are insured.
Conservation: This includes programs to shield farmers against soil erosion, to encourage them to cultivate on less land and to help them use green methods of farming such as drip irrigation.
The bill sets aside $ 58 billion for these programs.
Trade: This title aims at promoting American crops internationally while providing food aid to foreign countries. It also mandates the government to offer technical support to