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 […]
Food and Agriculture Government Shutdown Update – 10.2
October 2, 2025 Background Officially, starting at 12:01 a.m. ET on October 1, 2025, the U.S. government has shut down. Roughly 750,000 federal employees will be placed on furlough, with only “essential employees” continuing to work. During a shutdown, federal employees who work for agencies and programs not funded by the annual appropriations process are […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 9.30
September 30, 2025 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Appropriations This is the final day for House and Senate leadership to come to an agreement on a Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the government and avoid a shutdown. If a CR is not passed, the government will shut down on October 1. The White House held […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 9.16
September 16, 2025 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Appropriations This week, Congress will have to negotiate and come to an agreement on a spending package to avoid a government shutdown on September 30. Members will be out of session next week for Rosh Hashana but could be called back in if a deal is not […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 9.9
September 9, 2025 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Appropriations Congress only has until the end of the month to agree on a plan to fund the government and avoid a shutdown, but the path forward remains unclear. Complicating matters further is President Trump’s pocket recission package which would claw back nearly $5 billion in foreign […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 9.3
September 3, 2025 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Congress has returned from the month-long recess, and will face a lengthy agenda for September. The main priority will be passing an appropriations package, or an extension, to avoid a shutdown on September 30. Additionally, the House Agriculture Committee is set to introduce a skinny farm bill, […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 7.29
July 29, 2025 Contents What We’re Watching The TAG Weekly Update will be paused during August recess, and will resume when lawmakers return in September. Congress The House officially adjourned for recess last week, while the Senate is still in session through this week to wrap up legislative priorities and confirmations. It is unclear whether […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 7.22
July 22, 2025 Contents What We’re Watching Congress This is the last week the House will be in session before the August recess, while the Senate will be in session next week to wrap up final priorities. Notably, President Trump has called on Republican Senators to stay through recess to complete nominations for a handful […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 7.15
July 15, 2025 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Appropriations Last week, the Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously approved the FY26 Agriculture-FDA spending bill, which largely rejected cuts proposed by the Administration and the House. The bill provides $27.5 billion in discretionary funding for programs at USDA and FDA which is comparable to current funding levels at […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 7.8
July 8, 2025 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Reconciliation On Thursday July 3, Congress officially passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act through both chambers, and the bill was signed into law by President Trump on July 4. Passing the bill through the Senate proved to be a tumultuous process as Republican Senators spent a great deal […]