Ag Policy Blog

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.

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