Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 5.28
May 28, 2024 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Farm Bill The Farm Bill process took a big step forward last week when the House Agriculture Committee held its Farm Bill markup during a marathon session, lasting almost thirteen hours. Democrats offered three primary amendments opposing changes to the Commodity Credit Corporation, future updates of the Thrifty Food […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 5.21
May 21, 2024 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Farm Bill The House Agriculture Committee released farm bill draft discussion text on Friday, May 17, ahead of the Committee markup, which is scheduled for Thursday, May 23. Upon release of the House draft discussion text, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Stabenow responded noting that she and House Ag Chairman GT Thompson […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 5.14
May 14, 2024 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Farm Bill Late last week, House Agriculture Committee Republicans released additional farm bill details with a section-by-section summary. Notable provisions included are removal of the climate guardrails for Inflation Reduction Act conservation funding, increases in funding for trade programs like MAP and FMD, changes to the Thrifty Food […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 5.7
May 7, 2024 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Farm Bill Members of Congress are moving ahead on farm bill progress, with both the House and Senate releasing proposals and next steps. In the House, Republicans released their bill summary, with notable provisions being maintaining Inflation Reduction Act conservation dollars in Title II, and limits to the […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 4.30
April 30, 2024 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Appropriations This week Congress is in session and will continue work on FY25 Appropriations. The House set the deadline for programmatic and language requests for May 1, which is this Wednesday. The Senate deadline is May 8. Farm Bill The House Agriculture Committee continues to work toward […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 4.16
April 16, 2024 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Appropriations Last week, Congressman Tom Cole (R-OK) was given unanimous support by House Republicans to take over as Chair of the House Appropriations Committee following Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) stepping down from the spot. Cole has been the top Republican on the House Appropriations Subcommittees on Transportation-HUD, […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 4.9
April 9, 2024 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Congress returns this week from a two-week recess with a lengthy agenda of priorities that have been delayed due to the FY2024 appropriations process. The House is set to send articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas to the Senate this week, which will […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 3.19
March 19, 2024 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Appropriations Congress is staring down another funding deadline, with the State-Foreign Operations, Defense, Homeland Security, Labor-HHS, Legislative Branch and Financial Services-General Government bills expiring on Friday, March 22. These bills comprise about three-quarters of discretionary spending. Funding for the Department of Homeland Security held up the bill […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 3.12
March 12, 2024 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Appropriations On Friday evening, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2024, which includes $26.2 billion in funding for Ag-FDA. Negotiations on the remaining appropriations bills, which include the Labor-HHS and State and Foreign Affairs bills, are continuing as the March 22 deadline quickly approaches. Notably, […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 3.5
March 5, 2024 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Appropriations Lawmakers released the Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2024 on Sunday afternoon, which includes funding for Ag-FDA, Commerce-Justice-Science, Energy and Water Development, Interior and Environment, MilCon-VA, and Transportation-HUD bills. Full bill text can be found here, and a summary can be found here. The House will vote […]
