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In this opinion piece, the president of the National Association of Wheat Growers, Keeff Felty, says there are real-world consequences for farmers and rural communities if a bipartisan, a new farm bill doesn't pass this year. 

Lawmakers are back in Washington this week as the legislative calendar winds down ahead of this summer’s political conventions and the fall campaigns, and the House is going to use the time between now and the Republican convention in mid-July to move its fiscal 2025 spending bills. 

Members of the organizations hosting this week’s record-setting Commodity Classic in Houston are discussing a hefty slate of priorities, but none more prevalent and consistent than a desire to pass a new farm bill.

A key Senate lawmaker says the ongoing debate about raising the debt ceiling and a lack of farm bill legislative text should not prevent lawmakers from getting the 2023 bill done on time.

In a counter notification filed with the WTO, the United States joined with Australia, Canada, Paraguay, Thailand, and Ukraine to once again document how much India’s wheat and rice subsidies exceed allowable limits.

The Biden administration's new “waters of the U.S.” rule came under immediate criticism from farm groups and their GOP allies in Congress, who said it could expand federal jurisdiction over agricultural lands.