Lawmakers return to Washington next week facing a battle over tax cuts and the possibility of a government shutdown, if they can’t agree on a budget for the rest of the fiscal year.

Farms could see different impacts on their federal tax returns under the varying and complex rules in the tax legislation that Republicans are seeking to push through the House and Senate.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 2017 - Congressional Republicans are preparing to roll out a package of tax cuts with hopes of pushing the bill through at least the House by Thanksgiving. There is no higher priority this Congress for the GOP. Republicans see passing tax cuts as vital to their chances of maintaining control of Congress in 2018.

WASHINGTON, Mar. 14, 2017 - Agri-Pulse Daybreak March 14: Perdue may get nomination hearing next week * Chinese president to meet with Trump * Lighthizer to get glowing introduction at hearing

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2017 - Jason Weller, the former chief of USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, has moved on to Land O’Lakes, where he’ll be senior director of sustainability, based in Minnesota. Weller was the boss at NRCS for four years after serving as chief of staff there for almost that long. He starts the new job at the end of February.