Farm Bill Facts

Farm Bill Facts

U.S. lawmakers have embarked on the negotiations process for the 2012 Farm Bill. This debate is taking place at an unprecedented time in history, when debt and deficits ranging from the national to local level are guiding the decision-making process.

The following farm bill facts provide some of the basics for framing policies and programs to truly serve all Americans.

2012 USDA Farm Bill Spending

We've Lost 23,163,500 Acres of Farm and Ranchland

Every State Has Been Losing Farm and Ranchland

Fruit and Vegetables in Path of Development

Two States Losing the Most Produce Our Fruit and Vegetables

U.S. Farmers Are Aging

Agenda 2012 Priorities

Voices for Change

“We need to basically bring ourselves together, converge our thoughts, our minds, our resources, in terms of where we want to be with agriculture in this country utilizing the tools that a federal government might bring together — to start really very seriously preparing ourselves for an exciting process that is ultimately a plan for the agricultural future of this country.” — AG Kawamura, former California Secretary of Agriculture and co-chair of Solutions From the Land

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“We need to basically bring ourselves together, converge our thoughts, our minds, our resources, in terms of where we want to be with agriculture in this country utilizing the tools that a federal government might bring together — to start really very seriously preparing ourselves for an exciting process that is ultimately a plan for the agricultural future of this country.” — AG Kawamura, former California Secretary of Agriculture and co-chair of Solutions From the Land