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President Donald Trump’s 90-day delay on adopting reciprocal tariffs on a slate of countries is set to end on Wednesday. Absent another delay from the president, or a flurry of eleventh-hour deals, some of the U.S.’ largest trading partners could face additional double-digit tariffs later this week.

President Donald Trump promised again that his administration is working on a way to protect the ag workforce from his deportation program by making farmers responsible for longtime workers.

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. 

Farm groups are urging the House to approve the Senate-passed budget bill and get it to President Donald Trump’s desk. Vice President JD Vance cast the deciding the vote on the legislation Tuesday after a marathon vote-a-rama. 

Farm groups are in line for big wins in President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, which includes significant increases in farm program spending as well as  extensions of valuable tax benefits and the 45Z biofuel subsidy. An analysis provided by Terrain economists details the benefits for major commodities that farmers could see on their 2025 crops.

Last-minute changes to the Senate’s reconciliation bill would give states with the highest SNAP error rates two additional years before they have to pitch in on the program’s cost. But even scaled back from the House version, and with the new timeline, anti-hunger groups warn the policy shift will be disastrous for states and SNAP participants. 

Republicans forced their version of the One Big Beautiful Bill through the Senate  after a dramatic, marathon vote-a-rama before Vice President JD Vance could cast the deciding tie-breaking vote shortly after noon Tuesday on the massive budget reconciliation measure.

Senate Republicans have teed up a vote-a-rama today on possible amendments to their sweeping budget reconciliation bill.

Most states are going to get hit with a bill for SNAP benefits unless they can get their error rates down quickly. Under a provision in the Senate’s massive budget reconciliation bill only eight states would be exempt from sharing some SNAP benefit costs, based on the FY24 error rates.

Senate Republicans are still working through a few major issues as they try to pass their reconciliation bill in time to make President Donald Trump’s July 4 deadline.