{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.moran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ID=1B05B784-D1A2-486C-9A4A-CA0D44CF07DC", "PASSED: Sen. Moran Secures Kansas Agriculture Priorities in the Senate Farm Bill", "2026-09-16", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "KS", "Jerry Moran", "M000934", "www.moran.senate.gov", "moran", "https://www.moran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) \u2013 a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry \u2013 today applauded the Senate Agriculture Committee\u2019s passage of the Farm Bill, which includes a number of key priorities to support Kansas agriculture. The legislation now heads to the full Senate for consideration.\n\n\u201cThis is a critical step to advance a Farm Bill that provides certainty for farmers and ranchers in Kansas and across the nation,\u201d said Sen. Moran. \u201cThe legislation secures several important priorities to benefit the agriculture community, including year-round E-15, modernized farm loan limits, strengthened conservation programs, expanded trade promotion and the permanent transfer of Food for Peace to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. When farmers and ranchers are successful, rural America is successful. I will continue working with my colleagues to get this Farm Bill across the finish line and to the President\u2019s desk to be signed into law.\u201d\n\nKansas priorities secured in the Senate Farm Bill:\n\nYear-round E-15 sales \u2013 Sen. Moran has long supported the year-round sale of E-15, which will help grow markets for producers and lower prices at the pump for Kansans and Americans.\n\nBolstering the Conservation Reserve Program \u2013 Sen. Moran introduced the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Improvement and Flexibility Act to increase flexibility for livestock grazing on conservation land.\n\nIncreasing Farm Service Agency (FSA) loan limits \u2013 Better reflects lending conditions in farm country and modernizes loan limits to support the needs of farmers and ranchers.\n\nDoubling funding for USDA trade promotion programs \u2013 Strengthens the ability of U.S. producers to market their products globally.\n\nFood for Peace permanently transferred to USDA \u2013 Sen. Moran led an amendment that was approved during the markup, securing the inclusion of his legislation in the Farm Bill to permanently transfer administration of the Food for Peace program to USDA.\n\nRural Hospital Revitalization Act \u2013 Sen. Moran introduced this legislation to provide temporary zero percent interest loans for the construction or renovation of qualifying rural healthcare facilities.\n\nFarm to Fly Act \u2013 Sen. Moran introduced this legislation to accelerate the production and development of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) through existing USDA programs to allow further growth for alternative fuels to be used in the aviation sector and create new markets for American farmers.\n\nExpanding career opportunities in agriculture for veterans \u2013 Sen. Moran\u2019s Colonel Gary LaGrange AgVets Act establishes a USDA program to provide veterans with resources and opportunities to pursue careers in the agricultural industry.\n\nIn August, during initial committee consideration of the Farm Bill, Sen. Moran spoke about the importance of bipartisanship by members of the Senate Agriculture Committee to advance a Farm Bill that supports American farmers and ranchers. \u201cMy favorite people in the world are my farmers and ranchers and people who live in rural communities,\u201d said Sen. Moran. \u201cMy favorite people in Congress are those who represent those kinds of people because we almost exclusively represent their values and their character and what they do for a living.\u201d\n\n\u201cIn the Senate and in Congress, there\u2019s been these special places and the Committee on Agriculture has been one of them,\u201d continued Sen. Moran. \u201cAnd we ought to recommit ourselves. I think we need to reestablish the trust that this committee is about this committee\u2019s work \u2013 and it\u2019s not about the broader political implications that occur in all of our lives about who gets the majority next year after the election.\u201d\n\nClick HERE to Watch Sen. 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