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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, March 29, 2025
Despite a looming government shutdown amid talks to secure another continuing resolution, as well as upcoming elections, Congress needs to make sure it passes a farm bill this year, says the leader of the nation’s largest farm organization.
Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas rolled out a new leadership slate, UC Davis is looking for a new ag dean and a Washington state woman is the new leader of the nation's oldest farm organization.
Iowa congresswoman Ashley Hinson, a member of the House Appropriations Committee’s agriculture subcommittee, defended her vote against the ag appropriations bill in September, saying it "really made cuts that would undermine rural America."
Congress continues to move toward a showdown on federal spending this week. But first, the Senate is going to take up a package of three fiscal 2024 spending bills, including the measure to fund the Agriculture Department and Food and Drug Administration.
For the third Congress in a row, House members have offered a bill addressing agriculture’s labor shortage, reintroducing the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, which allows year-round ag labor for H-2A workers and creates a merit-based visa program for the ag sector.
The House Appropriations Committee today will take up a fiscal 2023 funding bill for USDA and FDA that was delayed during the negotiations over the debt ceiling.
House Ag Committee Chair Glenn Thompson tells Agri-Pulse he’s looking at several options for funding the next farm bill, including restrictions on the Commodity Credit Corp. and unspent pandemic relief assistance.
