Farm - Agriculture News

Thurs, Aug 6, 2026:

• Senate Republicans’ farm bill fails over SNAP stalemate. Agriculture Committee Democrats’ rebuke of the GOP package further muddies the path forward for legislation that hasn’t been updated since 2018. - Politico

Wed, April 29, 2026:

• House Republicans delay farm bill vote after internal revolt - Politico

Fri, March 27, 2026:

• A Republican Farmer Relies on Immigrant Work. He Sees His Party Erasing It. For 20 years, Tim O’Harrow has asked lawmakers to acknowledge that America’s food supply depends on immigrants. Politics went in the other direction. - NYT

Tues, March 24, 2026:

• USDA cancels $300 million program to help farmers buy land amid anti-DEI push. The Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access Program, funded by the American Rescue Plan Act, awarded roughly $300 million to roughly 50 projects for five-year contracts beginning in 2023. - Politico

Fri, March 6, 2026:

• Trump’s trade war has hurt farmers. There are new warning signs for Republicans. GOP lawmakers from rural areas are pressing for more action to counteract the agriculture industry’s increasingly pessimistic outlook. - Politico

Tues, March 3, 2026:

• Democrats offer farm bill amendments to roll back SNAP changes. Republicans’ 2025 budget reconciliation law made sweeping cuts and administrative changes to food stamp program - Roll Call

Fri, Feb 13, 2026:

• In the past two crop years, federal payments, including crop insurance and loans, made up 40 percent of farm income - Politico
  Congress directed $10 billion in emergency aid to farmers in December 2024. Last year, the lawmakers agreed on another $12 billion bailout. Now they’re looking at yet another package later this year.

Fri, Jan 16, 2026:

• Senate Republicans detail farm aid package components. Another $15 billion in federal assistance to farmers is under consideration, aide says - Roll Call

Thurs, Jan 15, 2026:

• Key Republicans are working to put together a $15 billion tranche of aid for farmers in this month’s appropriations bills. - Politico

Tues, Dec 9, 2025:

• USDA reorganization fight tests congressional backbone. Lawmakers’ bid to slow the closure of the department’s largest research facility rests on iffy legal ground but waves a yellow flag at the Trump administration. – Politico

Mon, Dec 8, 2025:

• Trump unveils $12 billion aid package for farmers hit by trade war – Reuters

Mon, Nov 17, 2025:

• As Struggling Farmers Take On Debt, a Bailout From D.C. May Come Too Late. It could be months before they receive aid, well after the winter period when they talk to their bankers and make decisions about the planting ahead. – NYT

Fri, Oct 30, 2025:

• Trump administration readies up to $12 billion for initial farm aid payment – Politico

• Farm-state Republicans finally reach their breaking point. President Donald Trump’s plan to import beef from Argentina has unleashed a wave of protest from GOP loyalists. – Politico

Thurs, Oct 23, 2025:

• China’s Soybean Feud With Trump Leaves US Farmers With Huge Crops and Few Buyers. Beijing’s bid to pressure the president leaves US farmers without their biggest customer, just as harvest gets underway. – Bloomberg

Tues, Oct 21, 2025:

• American Farmers Slam Trump’s “Betrayal” With Argentina Beef Deal. Farmers are pissed at Donald Trump’s plan to import Argentine beef. – TNR

Thurs, Oct 16, 2025:

• America Bet the Farm on Soybeans. Then Came Trump. Collapsing soybean exports reveal an agricultural sector rife with longstanding problems. – Prospect

Thurs, Oct 2, 2025:

• Trump Explores Bailout of at Least $10 Billion for U.S. Farmers. Farmers are harvesting one of the largest crops in history, while China holds off on buying U.S. soybeans – WSJ

Thurs, Sept 25, 2025:

• Trump Says Tariff Revenue Will Fund Relief for US Farmers – Bloomberg

• President Donald Trump’s potential $20 billion financial backstop for his ally, Argentina’s leader Javier Milei, is running into growing opposition from Democrats, Republicans and farm groups over concerns the deal would hurt farmers and use U.S. taxpayer resources to backstop a flailing foreign economy at U.S. taxpayers’ expense. – Politico

Tues, Sept 16, 2025:

• China’s Snub of U.S. Soybeans Is a Crisis for American Farmers – NYT

Mon, Sept 15, 2025:

• Trump administration considering economic aid for farmers – Hill

Thurs, July 24, 2025:

• USDA reorganization will move most of its Washington staff ‘closer to’ farmers. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is closing several D.C.-area buildings but notably will not pursue a large-scale reduction in force…. given that the department has already seen an exodus of 15,364 employees through the administration’s deferred resignation plan, Rollins said. – Politico

• Agriculture Department to shift more than half of DC workforce to field. Department plans to drop from 4,600 D.C.-area employees to less than 2,000 – Roll Call

• USDA will relocate most of its D.C.-based workforce. The agency will relocate about 2,600 employees to five other locations and shutter several key facilities in the capital region, including its historic main research center. – WP

Mon, July 21, 2025:

• How the Federal Reconciliation Bill Will Affect Farms and Food Policy. The tax and spending bill addresses issues typically covered in a traditional farm bill: commodities, crop insurance, conservation and nutrition. – NCSL

Sat, May 24, 2025:

• A Kansas family farm, barely getting by, grapples with Trump’s cuts – WP

Fri, March 14, 2025:

• Farmers face steep losses in the middle of Trump’s trade war and funding cuts. From funding cuts to tariffs, farmers have found themselves struggling to find markets for their products and facing the risk of steep losses for the year ahead. – NBC