Ag Policy Blog

Separate speeches this week by key lawmakers show divisions remain when it comes to passing a farm bill, financial aid to producers and E15 legislation.

The World Food Prize Borlaug Dialogues this October will focus on global food security, particularly in times of war, rather than on food production. The foundation on Wednesday named this year's World Food Prize laureate.

EPA indicated Administrator Lee Zeldin will make announcement on E15 on Wednesday. He said earlier in the week that an announcement on the Renewable Volume Obligations will be released by the end of March.

A coalition of 54 farm groups has asked President Trump to include more market relief for farmers in a supplemental appropriations request.

The Trump administration has delayed the final implementation of the Poultry Grower Payment Systems and Capital Improvement Systems, which the Biden administration finalized just before leaving office. Under the rule, poultry companies would no longer be able to dock a grower's...

The chairman of the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee visited Nebraska on Friday, holding a forum with about 50 agricultural leaders from across the state and Sen. Pete Ricketts, a Republican facing reelection in the fall. Some of the biggest policy topics, such as E15 and passing...

Farmers highlighted E15, local food purchasing and tax credits for cotton at a U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee hearing focusing on how to boost domestic markets. Senators said they recognize the financial straits facing farmers due to input prices that continue to rise...

The House Agriculture Committee early Thursday morning voted 34-17 to advance its farm bill package after debates over a broad range of issues on Tuesday and all day Wednesday. Seven Democrats joined Republicans in advancing the bill.

The latest proposed iteration of the Farm Bill began with markup in the House Agriculture Committee starting Tuesday night and continuing on Wednesday morning. The committee approved language that would allow USDA to provide CCC aid to tobacco farmers.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in a news release, touted the Trump administration is spending more than $1 billion to accelerate progress on farm modernization and long-term food supply. HHS will spend $100 million conducting research into alternatives for farm...

USDA has unveiled One Farmer, One File for farmers to access USDA services through a single log-in they can use to enroll in either FSA or NRCS programs. USDA also plans to use the platform for producers to file acreage reports.

Farmers for Free Trade has been highlighting the importance of trade deals since the first Trump administration but has ramped up its focus in the past year on protecting the USMCA as well. The group held a discussion on Tuesday about agriculture and the trade deal as...

Rep. Glenn GT Thompson, R-Pa., on Sunday announced a weather-related postponement of the full committee markup of the "Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026." A major storm system was hitting several eastern states and Washington, D.C., that would bring blizzard...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the ad-hoc FBA program will open enrollment from Feb. 23 to April 17. The program has specific payment rates for farmers and payments are capped at $155,000 per individual or entity.

President Donald Trump issued an executive order to protect the domestic production of elemental phosphorus and glyphosate. The order gives the Agriculture Secretary authority to direct the production of both crop inputs. It also gives immunity to companies for following the...

USDA has released detailed on its $1 billion aid program for specialty crop farmers, who need to report their acreage to FSA by March 13. A group representing specialty crop growers said more aid is needed and called on Congress to pass a $5 billion aid package for the...

The Texas state agriculture commissioner said the state needs to better prepare for agricultural disasters. At the same time, the Trump administration moved ahead with the president's desire to end EPA regulation of greenhouse gas emissions. The National Academies of Science...

FSA offices will accept applications for Continuous CRP acres from Feb. 12 through March 20. Signup for General CRP will run from March 9 through April 17. USDA stated enrollment dates for Grassland CRP will be announced later.

The U.S. Trade Representative's Office released some details of the new trade framework reached with India. Despite having the world's largest population, India is only the 15th largest export market for U.S. agriculture. Still, U.S. agricultural exports to India are already...

In a proclamation Friday, President Donald Trump announced the U.S. would lower the tariff rate quota to increase imports of lean beef trimmings and all of the increased quota would come from Argentina.