{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hoeven.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/hoeven-statement-after-farm-bill-markup", "Hoeven Statement After Farm Bill Markup", "2026-08-06", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "ND", "John Hoeven", "H001061", "www.hoeven.senate.gov", "hoeven", "https://www.hoeven.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement after the Senate Agriculture Committee\u2019s markup of the Agricultural Act of 2026 or Farm Bill 2.0, legislation to support and provide long-term certainty for the nation\u2019s agriculture producers. The legislation includes over 100 bipartisan bills, as well as a compromise proposal offered by Chairman John Boozman to authorize the year-round sale of E15. Despite the bipartisan nature of the bill, Senate Democrats voted against committee passage of the bill.\n\n\u201cFarm Bill 2.0 is focused on supporting family farms and ranches and providing the tools and resources they need to succeed. The legislation improves the farm safety net, advances ag research and develops better market access for producers,\u201d said Senator Hoeven. \u201cGiven the challenges in farm country, our producers need long-term certainty, and this legislation includes more than 100 bipartisan proposals to address real issues facing U.S. producers, including enhancements to the farm safety net, increased access to credit, year-round sale of E15, and many others. We\u2019ll continue working with our colleagues to find a path forward for the Farm Bill.\u201d\n\nFarm Bill 2.0:\n\nBuilds on and further strengthens the farm safety net improvements passed as part of the Working Families Tax Cut Act.\n\nInvests in agriculture research.\n\nExpands support for specialty crops.\n\nSupports the development of greater market opportunities for agriculture producers.\n\nAuthorizes the year-round sale of E15.\n\nAdditionally, the farm bill includes Hoeven-authored provisions including:\n\nThe PACE Act\u2013 Legislation with Senator Klobuchar to increase Farm Service Agency direct and guaranteed loan limits.\n\nThe BINS Act \u2013 Adds fertilizer storage and handling infrastructure as eligible facilities under the Farm Storage Facility Loan Program, legislation Hoeven authored with Senator Klobuchar.\n\nThe SCALE Act \u2013 Provides matching grants to support state-led soil health and wildlife habitat programs, like Governor Armstrong\u2019s Legacy Soil Health and Habitat Program.\n\nPrairie Dog Management \u2013 Provides greater certainty for grazing permittees by preventing prairie dog colonies from expanding beyond reasonable levels. The provision amends prairie dog management plans for the Dakota Prairie Grasslands to limit prairie dog habitat to no more than 1.5 percent of any single grazing allotment and establish a 1-mile buffer along adjacent state and private lands\n\nMCOOL \u2013 Includes an amendment based on Hoeven-sponsored legislation that requires mandatory country-of-origin labeling (MCOOL) for beef.\n\nBARD Program \u2013 Bipartisan measure with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand to authorize funding for collaborative agricultural research between the United States and Israel.\n\nJoint Chiefs Program \u2013 Reauthorizes the program, which has provided more than $3.2 million for partnerships with private landowners to help improve and restore grasslands in North Dakota. Hoeven introduced the measure with Senator Michael Bennet.\n\nFarm Ownership and Improvement Act \u2013 Establishes a pilot program for pre-approval and pre-qualification of FSA Direct Farm Ownership loans, a bipartisan measure introduced with Senator Peter Welch.\n\nDry Edible Beans Study \u2013 Authorizes USDA to study the potential inclusion of dry edible beans as a Title I commodity.\n\nLivestock Indemnity Program (LIP) \u2013 Clarifies non-adult cattle weight categories by establishing in statute, payment categories for calves weighing less than 400 pounds and 400 pounds or more.\n\nFargo-Moorhead Crop Insurance Fix \u2013 Protects producers impacted by operation of the Fargo-Moorhead Diversion Project by excluding affected years from Actual Production History (APH) calculations.\n\n-###-", 1, "2026-08-07T06:11:19Z", "2026-08-07T06:12:42Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.hoeven.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/hoeven-statement-after-farm-bill-markup"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.348963938653469, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}