The House Agriculture Committee recently approved the Farm Bill, covering priorities including cattle health, voluntary conservation, and food security. The legislation passed with a vote of 33 to 21, which …
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Vilsack Offers CCC as a Solution to Raise Reference Prices in Farm Bill
by Colter BrownAgriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack floated the idea of Congress using the Commodity Credit Corp. (CCC) fund in some “innovative and creative ways” to deal with the “pretty pricey” issue of …
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Speculation is brewing over how the new Biden administration may use the Commodity Credit Corporation. The CCC, as it’s known, was used by the Trump-era Department of Agriculture to send trade …