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President Donald Trump on Thursday told reporters that the administration will direct some tariff revenue to farmers.

The House is now out of session until September. But Ag Committee Chair Glenn “GT” Thompson says committee staff will be working through August on the next iteration of the farm bill. He says the legislation will be a “high priority” for the panel.

The Senate will start moving its fiscal 2026 spending bills, including the Agriculture bill that funds USDA and FDA. The ag bill won’t attempt to move Food for Peace to USDA, as originally proposed in the House. But you can expect report language calling for an evaluation to determine the best home for the program once housed at USAID. 

House Agriculture Committee Republicans aren’t happy with some of the Senate’s changes to their SNAP reconciliation provisions. But they say other parts of the Republicans’ bill outweigh those concerns. 

The House Agriculture Committee is planning to mark up its portion of the GOP’s reconciliation bill on Tuesday and Wednesday next week, with opening statements beginning on Tuesday night and votes taking place Wednesday.

President Donald Trump this week is set to unveil his reciprocal tariffs on U.S trading partners, while in Congress Republicans try to show some progress on his key legislative priorities.

President Donald Trump postponed tariffs for products arriving from Mexico and Canada that are covered by a North American trade pact by a month, while lowering the duty to be applied to potash imports.

New U.S. tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada took effect on Tuesday, just hours after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to raise duties on China.

With farmers across the country concerned about losing workers to mass deportations, there are renewed calls for reforming the H-2A visa system. To that end, House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Pa., tells Agri-Pulse he plans to introduce legislation that would put into law recommendations made by a committee task force in the last Congress.

House Agriculture  Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson indicated Monday he wants to limit cuts to SNAP that Republicans will try to make through the budget reconciliation process. But the panel’s new top Democrat, Rep. Angie Craig, questioned whether he can hold the line and warned that a deep reduction could ultimately doom a new farm bill. She also said the committee's farm bill last year was skewed to benefit southern farmers.