Ag Policy Blog

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.

A USDA spokesperson defended the Trump administration's record and policies against criticism from farm leaders. The farm leaders issued a call-to-action to Congress. The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee pointed to farm policies and tax cuts for farmers passed in...

Producers responding to the monthly Purdue survey took a dive in optimism in January. Purdue economists noted the January barometer survey was Jan. 12-16, while USDA's January World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report came out Jan. 12. Crop prices fell...

Nationwide, year-round E15 is a potential opportunity, but a group of refiners also have their own plans to use the new E15 Rural Energy Council to shake up the Renewable Fuels Standard as well. So far, there are remain a lot of questions about how this energy council will...

Luke Lindberg, USDA's undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, is stressing the need for USDA to press rapid response trade missions with new deals to get various commodity groups in the country meeting prospective buyers.

President Donald Trump again declared his support for E15 legislation as the president held a campaign rally in Iowa. The president only briefly touched on problems with the farm economy but maintained his trade and tax policies had reinvigorated the country's economy.

Iowa Corn and the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) on Monday released an open letter to the president, asking him to push E15 through Congress. Separately, the American Soybean Association on Monday also raised concerns about the rural energy council and the scope of...

In a bipartisan letter, leaders on the Senate Agriculture Committee wrote Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Thursday calling on the department to reinstate additional crop insurance coverage for acres prevented from being planted.

Congress will have to look at a separate piece of legislation to increase aid for farmers after an appropriations bill negotiated by lawmakers doesn't include such funding. Farm groups continue to campaign for aid.

Farm groups are stressing the economic challenges they are facing to lawmakers in multiple letters on the topics. Corn growers and biofuel groups also have been advocating for year-round E15 for 15 years now and yet that effort has not gotten across the finish line in...

Peter Navarro, a senior adviser to President Donald Trump, in an op-ed on Thursday in The Hill, noted that U.S. farmers are at risk when they rely too heavily on a single foreign buyer. Here is what he advocated should be done.

Speaking before Farm Bureau members, leaders of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees said their priorities next year center on strengthening risk management tools, expanding credit and loan programs, fixing the H-2A guestworker system, and restoring stability in export...

Leaders from the Trump administration continue to celebrate the release of new dietary guidelines. Officials said the Dietary Guidelines for America Roadshow will begin next week with an appearance by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins in Pennsylvania.