Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 2.3
February 3, 2026 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Appropriations On Friday, the Senate passed a modified funding package for the remaining FY26 appropriations bills which also included a two-week continuing resolution for Department of Homeland Security budget, allowing more time for lawmakers to negotiate on further reforms for Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE). This week, the […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 1.27
January 27, 2026 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Appropriations Last week, the House completed passage of all remaining appropriations bills, approving a minibus package which included three bills, Defense, HHS-Labor-Education, and Transportation-HUD, and also separately passed the Department of Homeland Security funding bill. The four funding bills were then bundled with Financial Services and National Security-State […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 1.20
January 20, 2026 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Appropriations Congress has just 10 days to enact a funding deal and avoid a partial government shutdown, with the Senate out of session this week and the House still scheduled to adjourn next week. The final FY2026 minibus funding package, released on Monday, includes the Defense, Homeland Security, Labor-HHS […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 1.13
January 13, 2026 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Appropriations On January 12, the Senate voted (80-13) to proceed on a minibus spending package which passed the House last week 397-28. This package includes the Energy and Water, Interior, and Commerce-Justice-Space spending bills. To avoid another shutdown, the remaining six bills will need to be passed by both chambers by the end of the […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 1.6
January 6, 2026 Contents What We’re Watching Congress This is the first week back for both Chambers with the House and Senate both in session from January 6th until January 15th. Immediate priorities include appropriations, Affordable Care Act subsidies, and foreign affairs, but Members will already be looking forward to the November midterm elections, which will have a heavy influence on their actions. You can find the 2026 Congressional calendar here. The […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 12.16
December 16, 2025 *Note – the Food and Agriculture Weekly Update will be paused for the holidays and will resume on January 6th, 2026. Contents What We’re Watching Congress End of Year This is the final week Congress is in session until they reconvene in January 2026. The Senate is set to vote on the National […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 12.9
December 9, 2025 Contents What We’re Watching Congress End of Year and Appropriations Congress has this week and next week to work through legislative priorities before they adjourn until the end of the year. On Sunday evening, text was released for the FY26 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which is a must-pass bill for Congress. However, lawmakers do not seem […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 12.2
December 2, 2025 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Congress returns this week from their Thanksgiving recess to wrap up end of year priorities, with only 13 days of session remaining in the House and 12 days of session remaining in the Senate. A major focus will be on reaching a deal around the American Care […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 11.18
November 18, 2025 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Appropriations Last week, the House and Senate passed a spending package that ended the forty-three day government shutdown. The bill includes a three-bill minibus covering FY2026 funding for MilCon-VA, Agriculture-FDA and the Legislative Branch, along with a short-term Continuing Resolution (CR) that would fund the remaining government agencies through January 30, […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 10.7
October 7, 2025 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Congress remains in a shutdown, with multiple Senate votes on both the Republican and Democrat Continuing Resolution (CR) proposals failing. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has indicated the Senate will continue to hold votes with the hope that a handful of Democrats will eventually vote for […]