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House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson says the House will move its farm bill ahead of the Senate this year, and he’s pledging to work with the Budget Committee to ensure the legislation is adequately funded.

USDA should have planned better for staff attrition when it moved the Economic Research Service and National Institute of Food and Agriculture to Kansas City, Missouri, in 2019, the Government Accountability Office says in a new report that notes the department “minimally involved employees, Congress, and other key stakeholders in relocating the agencies.”

USDA on Thursday tightened its estimates for U.S. wheat, corn and soybean stocks more than analysts expected, bolstering futures prices.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack wants the next farm bill to include reforms for disaster relief and put more focus on farmers who haven’t done as well financially as larger producers have in recent years.

The American Farm Bureau Federation reached an agreement with Deere and Co. that is designed to let farmers and independent mechanics identify and repair problems with Deere equipment.