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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, March 06, 2025
Donald Trump has reclaimed the presidency, and Republicans will take charge of the Senate in January. Those results have big implications for a lot of issues, including trade and immigration as well as tax and regulatory policy that are critical to agriculture.
Donald Trump is headed back to the White House and he could have a sizable Republican majority in the Senate to help him confirm nominees and move his legislative priorities, notably an extension of expiring tax cuts. Trump predicted Republicans would hold on to the House.
Election results should start coming in tonight, with control of the White House, Senate and House all very much up in the air. But keep in mind it could be days before we know which party controls the White House and U.S. House, given the time it will take to count votes.
Farm-state lawmakers guided more than $753 million in USDA funding into home state projects in this fiscal year’s $26.22 billion Agriculture appropriations bill through a system that allows them to direct money to research facilities, hospitals, community buildings and other pet programs.
Farmers who have experienced discrimination from USDA in farm lending programs should get assistance sometime this summer, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing Wednesday that lacked the partisan vitriol of the secretary’s appearance last week before the House Ag Committee.
The Environmental Protection Agency’s long-awaited action on a looming petition that would authorize the year-round sale of higher ethanol blends came Thursday, but with a caveat that frustrated the biofuels industry.
Neil Kornze has moved to K Street to be the senior vice president of Cassidy & Associates. Kornze is a former chief of staff for Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., and served as the director of the Bureau of Land Management during the Obama administration.
The U.S. and Mexico continue to engage over Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s threat to ban genetically modified corn imports, but there were strong signs from senators Wednesday that patience is wearing thin on Capitol Hill for a resolution.
