Bipartisan Bill Targets Fertilizer Costs and Transparency
A bipartisan push is underway in the Senate to shed light on fertilizer costs that are putting a squeeze on local farmers.
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Farm Country Is Getting Ready For This Year’s Midterms
The 2026 midterm election season is heating up, and agriculture is part of the fight.
Thune Urges Trump to Open Up Farm Loans
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.
Is A Government Shutdown On The Horizon?
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.
Could USDA Funding Be Caught Up In Government Shutdown?
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
Reconciliation Takes Center Stage In D.C.
The Senate reconciliation budget, including farm safety net improvements, is up this week.
Senate GOP Likely to Extend Key Ag Breaks in House Tax Bill
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...
Senate Prepares To Fight Over the Big, Beautiful Bill
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'.
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Senate Returns To Work, Will The Big Beautiful Bill Pass?
The U.S. Senate is back this week facing a big challenge to pass the president’s One Big Beautiful tax and spending bill, which includes key measures for agriculture. June could be a turning point for extending the Trump 2017 tax cuts and enacting the most impactful parts of a new Farm Bill. Before r...
Grassley Has Reason To Be Concerned, Boozman Notes
Senate Ag Chair John Boozman recently said fellow Republican Chuck Grassley may be right in taking issue with the House Farm Bill budget reforms to SNAP. Boozman has an eye on the House farm bill, now part of the broader House budget reconciliation bill that the GOP hopes to enact to advance the President’s tax and spending agenda. But Gras...