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More farmers are trying out conservation tillage and cover crops, but not all of them choose to permanently adopt the practices, a new Economic Research Service report has found.

Senate Finance Republicans are weighing the creation of a rural hospital fund to offset some of the concerns within the party about how the Medicaid changes would impact those communities. However, as of Tuesday afternoon, those details remained unclear. 

The Army Corps of Engineers is moving forward in 2025 with plans to enhance inland waterway transportation through three main construction projects. None are located along the Mississippi River, a point of frustration for agricultural shippers eager to see enhancements to the mighty waterway's infrastructure.

Farms, hotels and restaurants will continue to be targets of immigration raids conducted by the Department of Homeland Security, DHS said late Monday, reversing itself only a few days after ag producers thought they had gotten a reprieve.

Natural Resources Conservation Service Chief Aubrey Bettencourt on Tuesday said she hopes to address the longstanding workforce retention issues the agency has long struggled with. One of her first goals in this effort is to ensure offices have reliable internet access, as well as upgraded technology to better help both these staff and producers.

President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., are projecting confidence that the Senate will meet the July 4 deadline for passing the Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill.

Some 129,000 acres of solar power production were grazed by more than 113,000 sheep last year, according to a survey commissioned by the American Sheep Industry Association.

The National Weather Service is seeking to fill 155 key positions in offices thinned by staff cutbacks, offering current employees the opportunity to move, according to an email and agency notices viewed by Agri-Pulse.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Monday that the department didn’t plan to offer another round of buyouts and acknowledged that the release of a reorganization plan had been delayed by litigation. She also signed a waiver to restrict purchasing of sugary beverages with SNAP benefits. 

The Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program is now under review, leaving the fate of some projects that were nearing construction in limbo.