Items Tagged with 'Chuck Grassley'

Greater transparency of the U.S. fertilizer market is the goal of a new bipartisan bill led by Senate Majority Leader John Thune. It's the latest acknowledgement from Washington of the impact surging input costs are having on farmers. 

Ethanol industry backers expressed outrage Thursday after House leadership decided to create a study council for biofuel issues rather than including a year-round E15 provision in a fiscal 2026 spending package.

Republican farm-state senators say row crop growers are likely to need additional aid beyond the Trump administration's newly announced $12 billion "bridge" payment program, and specialty crop producers say the package shortchanges them.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has told key congressional committees that a report on the administration’s priorities for an upcoming review of a North American trade deal will actually be a closed-door oral briefing – sparking pushback from lawmakers.

Trump's chief ag negotiatior pick, Julie Callahan, told senators on Wednesday that the administration is seeking concessions in return for expanding a tariff-rate quota for Argentinian beef.

Input costs will be the focus of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing today.