Articles by Rebekah Alvey

The House is on track to debate the GOP’s massive budget blueprint next week. The House Rules Committee is scheduled Monday to prepare the budget resolution for floor action, although it’s not yet clear that Republicans have nailed down the votes.

CDFA hit by cyberattack * Another organic ag bill * Beekeeping losses * CEO’s warning on fertilizer tariffs

Senate Republicans are moving ahead with their skinny budget plan, even though President Donald Trump has come out forcefully for the massive, alternative plan favored by the House GOP.

Economic impact of wolves * Senate GOP sticks with one-bill plan * Ag trade cooperation needed, soy says

USDA is scrambling to rehire some employees who were terminated even though their work is related to combatting avian flu.

Budget hearings get underway * USDA mistakenly fired some HPAI workers * Jones exit at FDA draws concerns

As the new Secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has set his sights on studying and potentially reducing the number of chemicals in the U.S. food supply. 

More people got sick from contaminated food in 2024 than the previous year, with the number of hospitalizations from foodborne illnesses nearly doubling from 2023, according to a recent analysis.

“Nothing is going to be off limits” in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s quest to address chronic disease, the new leader at the Department of Health and Human Services told the agency Tuesday. Meanwhile, Jim Jones has stepped down has head of FDA's human foods program, citing "indiscriminate" staff cuts. 

The Senate is back in session this week with a key nomination for trade policy on senators’ to-do list, as well as the GOP budget resolution. Howard Lutnick’s nomination to be secretary of commerce is next in line for the Senate after the nomination of Kash Patel, the far more controversial pick to lead the FBI.