By Jacqui Fatka
Farm Progress
A week after the White House released a framework negotiated with fellow Democrats on the $1.75 trillion spending package, new details reveal billions of dollars for critical investments in agriculture and our rural communities, including new money for agricultural research, conservation funding to encourage climate smart agricultural practices and an expanded debt relief program for all USDA loan borrowers. Congress still needs to pass the bill as Democrats work to get enough Democrat member votes to advance the legislation.