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House Republicans are proposing more modest cuts to spending at USDA than GOP appropriators tried last year, but they also are attempting to block USDA's new regulations for the meat and poultry industry and slow down new food traceability requirements.

The House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee is set to roll out its fiscal 2025 spending bill as the House GOP makes another run this year at slashing domestic spending programs. The subcommittee is scheduled to vote Tuesday on the FY25 Agriculture bill, which funds USDA and FDA as well as the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

House Ag Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson is renewing his pitch to Democrats to talk to him about the farm bill.

Senate Ag Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow is making clear she doesn’t like what the House Ag Committee did in its farm bill when it comes to commodity programs.

Having enough base acres to enroll in commodity title programs is a challenge, young farmers told a Senate Agriculture subcommittee Tuesday.

Lawmakers are back in Washington this week as the legislative calendar winds down ahead of this summer’s political conventions and the fall campaigns, and the House is going to use the time between now and the Republican convention in mid-July to move its fiscal 2025 spending bills. 

House members return to Washington to battle over fiscal 2025 spending bills ahead of the national party conventions, and Ag Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson says he’ll be trying to round up support for the farm bill his panel advanced before the Memorial Day weekend.