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The federal government is poised for a partial government shutdown starting Wednesday as President Donald Trump and congressional GOP leaders refuse Democratic demands to negotiate an extension of expiring health insurance subsidies. 

Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., says trade is not a cure-all for American agriculture. He told attendees of the annual Ag Outlook Forum in Kansas City, Missouri, “If you think that trade is going to solve all our woes, I think you're wrong."

The Trump administration is vowing to protect American farmers from "high and volatile" costs of fertilizer, seed, equipment and other key inputs as growers grapple with a difficult agriculture economy.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the Trump administration will announce a plan next month to expand U.S. beef production, but she ruled out making payments to producers to retain cattle.

The Trump administration is threatening to conduct reductions in force at federal agencies if Congress cannot reach a funding agreement by Sept. 30 and government funding lapses.

Former Housing and Urban Development secretary and noted neurosurgeon Ben Carson has been named a national nutrition, health and housing adviser at the Agriculture Department.

Summit Carbon Solutions, the company behind a nearly $10 billion carbon pipeline meant to boost the fortunes of the U.S. Corn Belt, is working to win support after a raft of setbacks. Meanwhile, a CO2 project with ethanol plants in Nebraska has started up operations, giving the No. 3 corn-growing U.S. state a potential edge over No. 1 Iowa. 

The Bureau of Reclamation will remain without a leader for the foreseeable future after politics allegedly sank the nomination of former Arizona water official Ted Cooke, leaving the agency rudderless as it arbitrates tense negotiations over a future framework for Colorado River water cuts.

The Trump administration is ending the annual Household Food Security in the United States survey that has been a gauge for three decades of how many Americans have enough food to eat.

The government accelerated toward a shutdown on Oct. 1 after the Senate failed Friday to approve a GOP stopgap funding bill and Republicans refused to negotiate with Democrats over their demands to include an extension of expiring health insurance subsidies.