Ag Policy Blog

The American Farm Bureau Federation and the National Farmers Union typically offer different perspectives on the average costs of Thanksgiving meals. Consumers will pay less this year, but prices remain higher than they were before the pandemic hit. Farmers still receive cents...

On the farm bill, the extension, with the backing of the leaders of the House and Senate agriculture committees, extends the 2018 farm bill until Sept. 30, 2024.

Speaking to reporters after a hearing, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said that in 2013, when farm bill negotiations were dragging on and on, there was a sense of urgency in the agriculture community, but that she does not get that sense of urgency now. Congress right now is...

The proposal to extend funding for some federal agencies also includes a farm bill extension. The bill would also ensure USDA funding until late January and some other agencies would get extensions through early February. The proposal does not include aid to Israel or Ukraine...

Effective immediately all beef, pork, lamb and bison products purchased by USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) must come from animals born, raised and slaughtered in the United States. Separately, a new rule for poultry contracts will require the companies to spell out...

A look at a plan to help fund rural child-care facilities, legislation to help support sustainable aviation fuels, and a report in Congress examining options for farm labor are among some of the topics being considered by policymakers in Washington.

Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., spoke Monday morning to about 500 agricultural bankers from around the country then held a forum with Oklahoma Secretary of Agriculture Blayne Arthur and Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., a fellow member of the House Agriculture Committee. Thompson's...

Environmental Working Group on Wednesday issued a report highlighting that crop insurance payments reached $118.7 billion from 2001 to 2022 for the five most expensive weather-related losses." The indemnities have gone up, but so has everything else about crop insurance, such...

Environmental Working Group on Wednesday issued a report highlighting that crop insurance payments reached $118.7 billion from 2001 to 2022. The indemnities have gone up, but so has everything else about crop insurance, such as acreage covered and potential liability on the...

The White House on Sunday explained the president and several cabinet members "will barnstorm across the country to highlight how 'Bidenomics' and the 'President's Investing in America' agenda are ensuring rural Americans do not have to leave their hometowns to find...

A package of disaster aid requests to Congress from the White House includes $56 billion in proposals. Along with $2.8 billion disaster aid for farmers, the package includes another request for just over $1 billion in international food aid.

Despite an increase in anti-China rhetoric, Terry Branstad, former U.S. ambassador to China, said trade relationships between the two countries are critical for both economies. Grain companies signed 11 contracts Monday for the export of U.S. soybeans, corn, sorghum and...

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.