government shutdown

Late Wednesday, the government shutdown ended as President Trump signed into law a measure that brought the standoff to a close

The U.S. Labor Department’s updated shutdown plan confirms that the Office of Foreign Labor Certification will resume processing H-2A applications during the lapse in appropriations.

On Monday Oregon Governor Tina Kotek sent a letter to Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins urging the USDA to ensure that SNAP benefits continue during the ongoing federal government shutdown.

USDA recently announced that Farm Service Agency offices will open again despite the ongoing stalemate in funding the federal government.

Millions of Americans face losing their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, better known as SNAP, on Saturday, November 1st.

The federal government shutdown is starting to drain key USDA nutrition programs that were at the heart of Farm Bill and spending fights on Capitol Hill.

I stand with my community in the belief that I’d rather have a jalopy that runs than a fully insured new car that doesn’t.

USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins recently acknowledged the government shutdown is holding up emergency farm aid.

The top Senate Republican is privately warning the White House that American farmers, a key GOP constituency, will continue to suffer if the Trump administration doesn’t reopen the flow of certain farm loans amid the government shutdown.

It will take Congress to replenish the Commodity Credit Corporation if that’s the course the administration takes to fund emergency farm aid growers need now.