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Title III of the 2018 Farm Bill concerns USDA’s food aid, export market development, and export credit guarantee programs.  The 2018 Farm Bill enhanced the flexibility of many international food assistance programs in order to not only help those in need, but also help local economies where those people in need are located.  International food…

The Conservation title provides assistance in the form of payments and technical support in order to help farmers, ranchers, and landowners utilize conservation practices in their operations. By incentivizing use of conservation practices with these voluntary programs, this title aims to protect and improve water, soil, wildlife, and air. Overall mandatory funding for conservation programs…

The programs under Title I provide payments to farmers who produce “covered commodities” as well as dairy and sugar. “The term ‘covered commodity’ means wheat, corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, upland cotton, long grain rice, medium grain rice, pulse crops, soybeans, and other oilseeds.” The title also authorizes agricultural disaster assistance programs. Rather than providing…