Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 4.28
April 28, 2026 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Appropriations Congress is moving forward with their FY 2027 spending bills, while also still working to address FY 2026 funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which is still in a shutdown. The House Agriculture-FDA Appropriations Subcommittee marked up and passed their FY 2027 bill (text can be found here, report language […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 4.21
April 21, 2026 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Farm Bill House Agriculture Committee Chairman GT Thompson (R-PA) has been working with Republican leadership to build momentum for a farm bill floor vote, likely expected the week of April 27 depending on other must-pass legislative priorities. Members of Congress will be allowed to submit amendments this week, which are posted via the […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 4.14
April 14, 2026 Contents What We’re Watching Congress The House and Senate return from their two-week recess period with a busy agenda ahead. While the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown has now hit the two-month mark, a plan is emerging to use reconciliation to fund ICE and CBP and the rest of DHS through a bipartisan funding bill. Senate Republicans will need to move quickly to put forward a FY27 […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 3.31
March 31, 2026 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Appropriations Congress has recessed this week ahead of the Easter and Passover holidays but still have not yet come to an agreement on funding for the Homeland Security appropriations bill, despite an effort last week to move a compromise funding bill. While the negotiations have largely focused on funding for […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 3.24
March 24, 2026 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Appropriations The House and Senate appropriations processes for FY2027 continue to move forward, with most House Appropriations deadlines having wrapped up in mid-March. The Senate Appropriations Committee released their guidance and deadlines for FY2027 with most portals closing mid-April. This week, the House Ag-Appropriations Subcommittee, in addition to other […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 3.17
March 17, 2026 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Farm Bill At the House Republican’s annual retreat last week, Members focused on top priorities for the party and this administration ahead of the midterm elections in November. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) indicated a number of priorities, including full passage of the farm bill as important items to try and push across the floor. Meanwhile in the Senate, Agriculture Committee Chair John Boozman (R-AR) […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 3.10
March 10, 2026 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Farm Bill The House Agriculture Committee favorably reported the Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2026 out of Committee in a markup that spanned over two days. Democrats largely centered debate on the cuts to SNAP in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, as well as the process by which […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 3.3
March 3, 2026 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Farm Bill The House Agriculture Committee will begin marking up the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 today (Tuesday, March 3) at 6:00 PM, and is likely to continue into Wednesday, March 4. The Agriculture Committee website has a full page dedicated to the farm bill with resources which can be found here, and amendment […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 2.24
February 24, 2026 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Farm Bill House Agriculture Committee Republicans unveiled the Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2026. This bill addresses the policy issues that 2were not included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and largely uses the base text from the 2024 bill with some changes. Overall, the bill is budget neutral, as well as […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 2.10
February 10, 2026 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Appropriations Congress has now completed all but one FY26 appropriations bill. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations bill is operating under a continuing resolution (CR) until this Friday, February 13. Negotiations continue about how to fund the DHS, particularly immigration and border security measures, in light of the recent shooting incidents […]