Ag Policy Blog

USDA on Monday sent a report to Congress examining the role of agriculture and forestry in U.S. carbon markets. The 83-page report offers a primer on carbon registries and the various markets developing in this area.

Committee Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson, R-Pa., had presented the Democrats with a list of programs to be cut in order to provide money for other programs. Rep. David Scott, D-Ga., rejected claims he had been negotiating with Republicans.

Before Friday's drama at the Capitol, Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., told Nebraska media that at least some supporters of Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan are trying to bully others into voting for Jordan. Right now, Bacon is among 25 Republicans refusing to support Jordan's bid for Speaker.

Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., told Nebraska media that at least some supporters of Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan are trying to bully others into voting for Jordan. Right now, Bacon is among 25 Republicans refusing to support Jordan's bid for Speaker.

Navigator CO2 Ventures announced on Friday the company is canceling its $3.5 billion carbon pipeline project.

Landowners have received $1.77 billion this month under the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). Under the Biden administration overall acreage in the program has increased with a shift from enrolled acres from General CRP to Grasslands CRP.

Senators from Georgia and Alabama noted agriculture is worth billions to their states' economies. They laid out some things they want in farm bill beyond protecting crop insurance and the safety net.

Based on actual revenue for farmers in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Minnesota, none of the counties in those states triggered any ARC-County payments for corn or soybeans.

A carbon dioxide pipeline company put its plans on hold to link ethanol plants and capture their carbon. This becomes a complication for dozens of ethanol plants that had signed with Navigator intending to capture their carbon dioxide and lower the carbon footprint of their...

Higher commodity prices have also bumped up the overall average marketing year average prices in multiple years. The language in the 2018 farm bill sets the ERP based on either the reference prices set in the farm bill, or 85% of the five-year Olympic moving average of...

The path to a new farm bill seems to be getting more complicated by the day. Former President Donald Trump on his social media platform, Truth Social, declared his support Ohio firebrand Rep. Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. Jordan has opposed all three...

A new USDA climate report highlights the increased frequency of extreme heat and declines in precipitation in counties east of the 100th meridian, a line that cuts up western Texas, the Oklahoma panhandle, and western Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and North Dakota

While farm income is stronger now than during his four years in office, Former President Donald Trump, campaigning in Iowa, said any benefits farmers have seen under President Joe Biden come "off the fuse of what we did," as he cited trade negotiations with China, Japan, South...

After weeks of gridlock, Congress passed a short-term funding bill on Saturday to avert a government shutdown hours before it was set to kick in.

The House failed to pass the 2024 funding bill for USDA in a late vote Thursday. The Senate is moving ahead on its attempts to prevent a shutdown with a short-term spending bill while the House is now preparing to bring up its own short-term spending bill. Meanwhile, there are...

Congress is still wrestling over whether to pass a short-term extension to keep the government from partially shutting down after Saturday. The House of Representatives spend most of Tuesday night and all-day Wednesday slugging through debate and votes on amendments to H...

The laundry list of amendments cleared by the House Rules Committee for debate would cut or eliminate funding for an array of programs and USDA agencies. The bill right now is set for a possible floor debate next week in the House while Congress this week still wrestles with...

The extra dollars out of the Agriculture Secretary's Commodity Credit Corp will help relieve some of the pressure facing lawmakers crafting a new farm bill. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, is looking for more funds to deal with the broad...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., twice this week watched a vote fail to advance the debate on the annual Defense spending bill. Thursday, a handful of conservatives voted with Democrats leading to a 212-216 vote to reject the debate rule for the Defense appropriations...

Several senators this week introduced a bipartisan bill, the Rural Veterinary Workforce Act that would provide incentives such as tax benefits and paying down student loans to encourage veterinarians to practice in rural areas.