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Senate Ag Committee Chairman John Boozman is vowing to keep working with fellow panel members to get more financial aid to struggling farmers. Boozman acknowledged at a hearing Tuesday on finding new ag markets, “If you're putting something in the ground, you're probably losing money,” Boozman said in opening remarks at a hearing Tuesday on domestic ag markets.

Food prices for consumers ticked up in February, as a 1.4% increase in the cost of fruits and vegetables helped drive an overall 0.4% hike in the cost of groceries, according to the latest Consumer Price Index.

GOP Senate Ag Committee lawmakers are considering attaching additional support for U.S. ag producers to a future supplemental funding package to give the Pentagon more money for its Iran operations.

Fertilizer distributors in some areas are not delivering product amid market uncertainty in the Middle East, several analysts and producers said Monday, and many warn that the current supply crunch could have lasting impacts on U.S. production and prices.

Farm and food industry leaders make the case on Capitol Hill for buying American products, and the Department of Agriculture puts out new crop forecasts as extreme conflict in the Middle East disrupts global ag supply chains.

A long-awaited bill proposal aimed at expanding the U.S. ethanol market is expected to be finalized as soon as Friday, Rep. Randy Feenstra tells Agri-Pulse.

Republicans advanced a farm bill through the House Agriculture Committee early Thursday, picking up significant Democratic support despite partisan clashes over food assistance cuts, ethanol policy and other issues. 

The House Ag Committee kicked off debate on a GOP farm bill that faces a rocky path to passage in a narrowly divided chamber amid the mid-term election campaigns. Partisan jabs over tariffs, MAHA, ethanol and nutrition assistance marked the opening discussion. 

Even as farm groups push for another round of emergency there are growing concerns in and outside the Trump administration that putting still more money into the ag economy may actually prolong growers' financial challenges in the long run. Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says input costs appear to track increases in government payments. 

Farmers aren’t feeling particularly rosy about the future, according to the latest Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer. The percentage who think the U.S. is on the "wrong track" has risen from 25% in December to 41% last month, according to the survey.