SNAP

With midterms on the horizon, the Democratic Party is zeroing in on critical issues affecting our communities, especially food security and local jobs.

A recent USDA memo sent to state agencies this week said SNAP participants will get 65% of their typical monthly benefits, and not the 50% as first stated.

As the government shutdown continues, the USDA published a website notice saying federal food aid will not be going out to families nationwide, adding “the well has run dry” for SNAP.

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.

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.

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins announced that the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service is proposing changes to strengthen the stocking requirements for retailers participating in SNAP,

A Farm Bill battle is coming in the fall because Republicans will likely need Democrats’ help to construct a smaller Farm Bill.

Many in the Ag community said farmers got just what they wanted, or needed, from the Big Beautiful Bill, including improved crop insurance, and more.

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins told the House Ag Committee this week that economic assistance checks have gone out the door to more than half a million farmers in record time.  Rollins told lawmakers that USDA has moved swiftly to get Emergency Commodity Assistance checks, which Congress approved back in December, out to producers.   “...