Some leaders in Congress remain optimistic about the prospects of a farm bill passing in 2026. Progress appears unlikely.
Congress is back in Washington for the second session of the 119th Congress. We sat down with House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, ...
A public hearing held at the Pa. Farm Show Complex Thursday covered the impacts and regulatory loopholes from the Farm Bill on hemp business ...
Officially, the 2018 farm bill expired on October 1, 2023. Due to their inability to muster a bipartisan coalition to make needed changes in a new farm bill, Congress instead opted to extend the 2018 ...
A new stopgap spending bill to reopen the government also extends key Farm Bill programs for one year—covering the provisions left out of July’s budget package. While the Senate waits on the House to ...
Echo Farm owner Robert Chang discusses Connecticut's new farm land access grant program during a bill signing ceremony on July 9, 2025. Credit: P.R. Lockhart / CT Mirror Under gray skies and with the ...
WINFRED, S.D. — There has been a steadily growing interest in hemp production across the nation, but most notably in South Dakota, which was named the top producer of hemp in 2024. The 2018 Farm Bill ...
Now that President Donald Trump’s Once Big Beautiful Bill has been signed into law, the next priority of ag advocates is getting a “skinny” farm bill passed. The existing 2018 farm bill has already ...
The 2018 farm bill expired at the end of the fiscal year again, after having been extended twice by Congress. This year, Sept. 30 came and went without much fanfare on the farm bill front. In part, ...
This year’s fruit crop has contained some highs and lows for Harrison Topp. “We had a little bit of a leaner cherry crop, but looks like a pretty darn good peach crop and then sort of a mixed bag when ...
Combines comb fields of corn in eastern Iowa during the fall harvest. Aerial support provided by LightHawk. The federal funding package to reopen the government included a one-year extension of ...
President Donald Trump signs his signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts at the White House, July 4, 2025, in Washington, surrounded by members of Congress. (AP Photo / Julia Demaree Nikhinson, ...