Grace Miller

The House Budget Committee on Wednesday released the GOP’s third reconciliation package. Members and officials of the National Corn Growers Association, gathered in Washington, D.C., for their bi-annual Corn Congress, said Wednesday one of their top priorities is renewing the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. 

Republicans aim to fast-track a sweeping spending package that includes key agriculture investments. 

Feeding America is launching “SNAP Supports,” a public information campaign to strengthen understanding of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday.

A new report released by USDA’s Economic Research Service found that using surveys can overestimate SNAP’s impact on food security by up to 50% compared to using administrative records.

R-CALF USA sent a letter urging the Senate Agriculture Committee to include mandatory country-of-origin labeling for beef in its farm bill discussions.

USA Rice made leadership changes at its annual meetings. The Livestock Marketing Association has named the leadership for its committees. Guy Peri and Mary Snapp were both named to Feeding America’s national board of directors.

The loss of the CalFresh Healthy Living program will “have a dampening impact” on local health departments’ capacity, according to the Nutrition Policy Institute. 

Kerissa Chapman is the new executive director of the Tulare County Farm Bureau in California. Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed Devon Keeler as deputy secretary for communications and external affairs for the Department of Food and Agriculture. The Oakland Board of Port Commissioners has unanimously elected Stephanie Dominguez Walton to be board president. 

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman, R-Ark., said on Tuesday that the committee will markup the 2026 five-year farm bill next week at the earliest, ideally provided hospitalized Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., returns to the Senate.

 Renewed hostilities between Iran and the U.S. have effectively brought traffic through the Strait of Hormuz “to a halt,” Lloyds List Intelligence said late Thursday. The U.S. exported $4.7 billion in agricultural products to Vietnam in 2025, making the U.S. the second largest agriculture supplier to the country, according to a July 9 report released by the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service.