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A new budget framework moving through the House sets aside $12 billion for farm aid, but Senate leaders are still questioning whether the numbers add up and whether 50 votes are there to pass it.

A disagreement over how states handle SNAP payment errors is holding up progress on the Farm Bill, with Democrats pushing for equal treatment across all states before they sign on.

A bipartisan push is underway in the Senate to shed light on fertilizer costs that are putting a squeeze on local farmers.

The 2026 midterm election season is heating up, and agriculture is part of the fight.

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.

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 Senate reconciliation budget, including farm safety net improvements, is up this week.

Senate Republicans are expected to extend key agricultural tax breaks but make other changes to the narrowly passed House version of the president’s tax and spending bill, which is the centerpiece of President Trump’s agenda.  Interest expen...

The ball is now in the Senate’s court on the Trump tax and spending bill.  And the fight over taxes, SNAP cuts, and tariffs is heating up quickly.  Majority Leader John Thune recently said it's ‘full speed ahead’ on the president’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” while slamming Democrats for vowing to fight against extending the 2017 tax cuts with 'everything they’ve got'.   “They are going to be votin