On Wednesday, August 4, the Senate Appropriations Committee advanced the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies spending bill by a bipartisan vote. The Ag Appropriations package totals $32 Billion in overall funding for FY2022 including $25.9 Billion to support operations of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and an additional $7 Billion in proposed disaster assistance funding to cover losses incurred in 2020 and 2021. “Given the extreme drought and other natural disasters in farm country, we worked hard to secure more than $7 billion in much-needed disaster assistance for farmers and ranchers,” stated ...