government shutdown

As of Monday, the federal government has been shutdown for 12 days, and it’s not clear when the stalemate in D.C. will come to an end.

Ask many across farm country, and they will tell you the overall U.S. Ag economy is in pretty bad shape, and some say the long-term viability of the sector is in danger.

According to Politico that the White House is delaying its plans to issue economic aid to farmers this week due to the government shutdown.

In preparation of Wednesday's government shutdown on Wednesday, USDA said it took steps earlier this week to be ready.

A government shutdown looms less than three-weeks away and lawmakers still can’t agree on how to avert it and the impact it could have on constituents, including farmers and ranchers.

USDA and other FY 2026 spending bills could become threatened in September, if Democrats carry through on a threat to shut down the government over the president’s spending ‘claw-back’ efforts

The third time was the charm, as the House and then the Senate passed stopgap funding legislation just prior to Friday’s deadline to avert a government shutdown.  Plan “C” approved late last week included farm and disaster aid.  Farm groups, led by the A...

Congress returns in two weeks and Ag lawmakers are expected to resume their push for a long overdue Farm Bill.  Senate Ag Chair Debbie Stabenow told Politico on the sidelines of the Democratic National Convention, in Chicago, that she still hopes to pass one more Farm Bill before she retires from the Senate.  But Sta...

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 ...

Tens of billions of dollars for agriculture hangs in the balance as lawmakers in Washington D.C. fight over the size, scope and timing of key bills intended to keep the government funded as well as expand the size of federal programs. Fights between the parties and among Democrats stand in the way of $65 billion for rural broadband, $10 billion for Ag disaster aid, and many billions more for road