The Agriculture Innovation Act would improve USDA data collection and research of conservation practices, informing farmers’ understanding of which practices help reduce risk and increase profitability.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Majority...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, delivered the following opening statement at the Committee hearing Perspectives from the Field, Part 4: Conservation.
In her remarks, Senator Klobuchar highlighted how conservation programs and their many supporters are a...
Washington – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement on the over $290 billion in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), proposed by Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee.
“Instead of working with Democrats to...
Klobuchar Calls for Investment in Forest Management and Wildfire Prevention
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, delivered the following opening statement at the Committee hearing to review the Fix Our Forest Act. In her remarks, Senator Klobuchar...
WASHINGTON – Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, is pressing the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for more information about reporting that certain farm loans and loan guarantees must be cleared through Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employees.
“We write to...
WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats sent an open letter to the American public warning that Congressional Republicans are trying to take food away from hungry families in order to give tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans. After promising to lower prices for families, Republicans in Congress are instead raising grocery costs and making it harder for...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and 18 of her colleagues are asking U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Ambassador Jamieson Greer for information on how the Administration’s tariff taxes will impact farmers across the nation.
“We write with great concern about the impact of the Administration’s reckless tariff agenda on our nation’s...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Mike Rounds (R-SD), and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) are pressing U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins to broaden the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) strategy for...
WASHINGTON — Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, led 25 of her colleagues in pressing the U.S. Department of Agriculture for more information about the cancellation of previously-approved funding through The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) for food banks and other...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announcing it will issue up to $10 billion in economic assistance to agricultural producers through the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Thune (R-SD), Senate Majority Leader and Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, introduced the Crop Insurance for Future Farmers Act. This bipartisan legislation would help...
WASHINGTON – Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, are pressing the U.S. Department of Agriculture for more information about the possible firing of an additional 7,000 Forest...
WASHINGTON – Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, led 14 other Senators in urging President Trump to reconsider recently imposed tariffs that threaten American farmers, ranchers, businesses, and consumers. The tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China, will make it harder for...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement on the Merit System Protection Board ordering the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to temporarily reinstate fired probationary employees.
“This decision is an important but temporary...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement on the Administration imposing tariffs on products from Canada, Mexico, and China.
“These across-the-board tariffs will make it harder for Americans to put food on the table and will...
WASHINGTON – Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA), and 13 other Democratic Senators are pressing the Administration for assurances that assistance for economic challenges in 2024 and natural disasters in 2023 and 2024 will be provided to...
WASHINGTON — Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement on the avian flu strategy released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today.
“The Department of Agriculture’s avian flu strategy is an important step to support our farmers who are...
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today delivered the following opening statement at the Committee hearing on Perspectives from the Field: Farmer and Rancher Views on the Agricultural Economy, Part 2. In her remarks, Senator Klobuchar addressed challenges...
WASHINGTON – Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, led all Committee Democrats in pressing the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to explain recent mass layoffs at the Department. The Senators asked how many USDA employees were fired and for a breakdown by state, agency, job...
WASHINGTON – Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, joined Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA), John Fetterman (D-PA) and 13 other Senators to press the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to address the ongoing outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), which is one of the...