The ability to export wheat and other crops to a wide variety of global markets is a necessary step to ensuring American farmers can keep their farms, orchards and ranches in business. Congressman Dan Newhouse, R-Washington, has proposed a bill that would help expand the export market for U.S. crops.
February 6, 2025
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February 7, 2025 2:50 a.m.
Newhouse introduces bill to increase promotion money in export markets
YAKIMA — Additional funding could be available to promote farm products from Washington and throughout the nation under the terms of a bill introduced by Fourth District Congressman Dan Newhouse Thursday. The “Agriculture Export Promotion Act of 2025” has bipartisan co-sponsors from other parts of the country, including Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, California and Maine.