Farm labor reform has virtually no chance of going anywhere, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be action on the workforce concerns. Many in the ag sector have turned to the farm bill to get help with ...

Seven Republicans are joining the House Agriculture Committee this year, three of whom — Randy Feenstra of Iowa, Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota and Tracy Mann of Kansas — represent some of the top ag ...

U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse points to long-term goals when asked about his priorities upon returning to the House Agriculture Committee. “Times are tough right now in ag country,” the Washington Republican ...

WASHINGTON — The House and Senate Ag Committees on Wednesday, May 1, released their respective frameworks for a new farm bill, pleasing farm groups and legislators who had become anxious about the ...

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The House will take up a stopgap spending bill Friday to prevent a government shutdown. It’s likely to fail. Congress remains in a state of chaos, lacking a clear path to prevent a government shutdown ...

Plans to move an appropriations bill funding agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to the House floor were brought to a halt amid internal GOP division over whether to further slash ...

Republican Glenn Thompson said the administration’s deferred resignations could hurt the Department of Agriculture as Congress works on a new farm bill. The Republican chair of the House Agriculture ...