Articles by Rebekah Alvey

Providers of foreign food assistance that have seen their contracts reinstated after the funding freeze are still struggling to resume operations.

States are learning that the Food and Drug Administration will cut funding for state cooperative agreements on produce and manufactured food inspections and recall teams by up to 60% as the overall agency budget has remained stagnant. 

It’s National Ag Day, and Reps. Mark Alford, R-Mo., and Jim Costa, D-Calif., are leading a resolution to officially designate the day as a celebration of “the importance of agriculture as one of the most impactful industries in the United States.”

Costa blasts food procurement cuts * Happy National Ag Day * Ag’s economic impact

The Senate cleared the House’s continuing resolution funding the government through Sept. 30, narrowly avoiding a government shutdown at midnight. The crucial vote came when 10 Democrats crossed the aisle to vote to cut off debate on the measure. Farm-state Republicans helped kill an amendment endorsing cuts to USAID.

Today’s the deadline for departments and agencies to submit plans for large-scale staff reductions.

There’s a new twist in President Donald Trump’s trade wars. He is threatening to impose steep duties on wine and alcohol from the European Union if the bloc doesn’t drop its retaliatory tariff on U.S. whiskey.

Newsom’s long road to banning fumigants * Ag Day gets a new twist * Trump targets European spirits

Rats gnaw through $300 million in equipment * Specialty crop access to disaster aid * RIF plans due today * GOP looks to dodge tariff debate

Newsom pulls plastic regulation * House passes CR * USDA pauses funding over trans issue