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U.S. House members are back in D.C. today facing possible votes this week on a tax bill that includes some tax breaks important to farmers and ranchers.

A Senate ag appropriator says Congress needs to sort through government funding, immigration and farm policy in short order.

A short-term tax package that would restore full bonus depreciation and raise limits on the Section 179 expensing provision is now set to move next week in the House. Meanwhile in the Senate, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee is making clear that the bill shouldn’t set a precedent for offsetting the cost of future tax bills.

Former President Donald Trump won the New Hampshire primary Tuesday, but Nikki Haley says she isn’t ending her campaign.

Katie Little has joined the California League of Food Producers as the new director of government affairs and Daniel Mathieson has been tapped as the next president of the Americas for Driscoll’s.

A congressional agreement that would boost the child tax credit and temporarily increase some business tax breaks is paving the way for a major battle coming in 2025 over a range of expiring tax cuts that could cost trillions of dollars to extend.

Restricting foreign ownership of U.S. land, codifying a “right to repair" farm equipment and imposing labeling restrictions on lab-grown meat are just a few of the ideas up for debate as state legislatures across the U.S. convene for their 2024 sessions.

A slight change to the policies of the nation’s largest farm organization could open the door to more support for future immigration legislation.