government funding

The Senate’s $1.7 trillion spending bill to finish this fiscal year boosts agricultural research, rural development, and nutrition, but doesn’t include long-fought cattle market reforms.  The more than 4,000-page bill leaves out controversial legislation sought by Senator Chuck Grassley to force some cattle price negotiating by major packers, known as the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Ac

According to top lawmakers and inside experts, competing interests and inflation will pose big challenges in writing the 2023 Farm Bill.  The challenge as it is every go-around, is money.  And that’s especially true for next year’s bill.   "There’s going to be a...

While officials are discussing the next Farm Bill, funding the legislation could be more challenging than in previous years. Senate Ag Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow said other than pursuing conservation funds, there aren’t a lot of extra funding sources for the 2023 Farm Bill. ...

The Senate and the House passed a Continuing Resolution to fund federal agencies through December 3rd. The CR provides $10 billion in much-needed disaster relief for losses incurred by farmers and ranchers in 2020 and 2021. It also extends Livestock Mandatory Reporting through December 3rd ...

Senate leaders reached an agreement Monday to end the government shutdown, passing a bill to fund the government until February 8th.  Minority Leader Chuck Schumer agreed to end a filibuster on the spending bill, in exchange for Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s word that the Senate will begin debating immigration by the day the short-term spending bill expires.   The Se...