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President Donald Trump was inaugurated in January and quickly followed through on many of his campaign promises – an aggressive trade agenda, a renewed focus on food inflation, and the use of a Republican-controlled House and Senate to enact a sweeping budget reconciliation bill that included major new agriculture spending. Take a look back at Agri-Pulse's top stories in 2025. 

The House will be in session today, where members are expected to vote on a Senate-passed spending bill to end the government shutdown.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins accused Democrats of failing to end the now 31-day-old government shutdown and allow funds to flow to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which she called “extremely corrupt.”

Today is government shutdown Day 20 and there’s no end in sight.

Senators are back in D.C. today for votes on a stopgap spending bill to end the partial government shutdown. But so far, there’s been no sign of progress to end the shutdown. 

Republicans on the Senate Agriculture Committee are seeking a meeting with President Donald Trump as soon as possible about the situation in farm country. That’s according to committee member Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who spoke to reporters Monday.

House Republican leadership says it will stand up a party working group to examine U.S. tariff policy, areas for possible reform and Congress’ role in tariff setting, according to multiple people familiar with discussions.

House GOP leaders overcame Republican objections to Senate provisions on SNAP, rural hospitals and other issues overnight Thursday to clear President Donald Trump’s massive spending and tax package for his signature. The bill will provide $66 billion in new spending for farm programs, the largest infusion of new money into farm programs since 2002.

House Republicans took a major step toward enacting President Donald Trump's policy agenda and boosting spending for commodity programs and crop insurance by winning passage Thursday morning of the GOP's sweeping budget reconciliation bill.