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      <title>Boozman signals openness to delaying state SNAP cost-share</title>
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      <description>Senate Ag Committee Chair John Boozman, who has consistently said he doesn’t want to touch the state SNAP cost sharing requirements enacted in last year's One Big Beautiful Bill Act, tells Agri-Pulse Newsmakers he’s open to providing some relief to states working to comply.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Senate Ag Committee Chair John Boozman, who has consistently said he doesn’t want to touch the state SNAP cost sharing requirements enacted in last year's One Big Beautiful Bill Act, tells <i style="font-style: italic; font-style: italic;">Agri-Pulse</i> Newsmakers he’s open to providing some relief to states working to comply.</p><br><br>]]>
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      <guid>http://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24898</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:41:20 -0400</pubDate>
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        <media:description type="plain">Senate Ag Committee Chairman John Boozman, R-Ark., alongside other Senate Republicans, speaks to members of the press on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)</media:description>
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      <title>Daybreak Friday, June 26: Boozman on Prop 12, E15</title>
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      <description>The Senate’s draft farm bill doesn’t include language for year-round E15 or the elimination of California’s Proposition 12, but Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman is still highly optimistic both measures will make it through Congress this year. The two biggest U.S. ethanol trade groups are defending the Trump administration against legal challenges to EPA biofuel-blending rules from environmentalists, biogas groups and oil refiners.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight:700;font-style:normal;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-weight:400;font-style:normal;">The Senate’s draft farm bill doesn’t include language for year-round E15 or the elimination of California’s Proposition 12, but Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman is still highly optimistic both measures will make it through Congress this year.&nbsp;<span style="font-weight:400;font-style:normal;">The two biggest U.S. ethanol trade groups are defending the Trump administration against legal challenges to EPA biofuel-blending rules from environmentalists, biogas groups and oil refiners.</span></span></p>]]>
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      <guid>http://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24897</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 09:34:34 -0400</pubDate>
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        <media:description type="plain">Sen. John Boozman speaks to members of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting, May 2025 (Agri-Pulse photo)</media:description>
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      <title>Most states' SNAP error rates will trigger benefit payment requirements</title>
      <author>steve@agri-pulse.com</author>
      <description>Only nine states had payment error rates in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program below 6% in fiscal 2025, USDA has announced, which would allow them to avoid paying a portion of SNAP benefits starting in October 2027. Another six, as well as the District of Columbia, were above a higher threshold that gives them a two-year delay.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Only nine states had payment error rates in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program below 6% in fiscal 2025, USDA has announced, which would allow them to avoid paying a portion of SNAP benefits starting in October 2027. Another six, as well as the District of Columbia, were above a higher threshold that gives them a two-year delay.</p>]]>
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      <guid>http://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24887</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 14:36:55 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Daybreak June 24: E15 discussions intensify</title>
      <author>noah@agri-pulse.com</author>
      <description>Discussion on the potential for Senate passage of an E15 bill swirled on Capitol Hill Tuesday after the release of a draft farm bill that doesn’t include the pro-ethanol measure. A bill to expedite Emergency Conservation Program payments to producers whose land has been damaged by wildfires cleared the House Tuesday with a 386-19 vote. It now heads to the president’s desk for his signature.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight:400;font-style:normal;">Discussion on the potential for Senate passage of an E15 bill swirled on Capitol Hill Tuesday after the&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24881-boozman-sees-stars-aligned-on-e15-momentum-on-farmer-aid" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight:400;font-style:normal;">release of a draft farm bill</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;font-style:normal;">&nbsp;that doesn’t include the pro-ethanol measure.&nbsp;<span style="font-weight:400;font-style:normal;">A bill to expedite Emergency Conservation Program payments to producers whose land has been damaged by wildfires cleared the House Tuesday with a 386-19 vote. It now heads to the president’s desk for his signature.</span></span></p>]]>
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      <guid>http://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24883</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:43:48 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24883-daybreak-june-24-e15-discussions-intensify</link>
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        <media:description type="plain">A poster on display during the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association meeting, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Altoona, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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      <title>SNAP negotiations underway in Senate with farm bill at stake </title>
      <description>Partisan fighting over nutrition aid policy is threatening to derail efforts to pass a Senate farm bill.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Partisan fighting over nutrition aid policy is threatening to derail efforts to pass a Senate farm bill.&nbsp;</p>]]>
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      <guid>http://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24882</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 06:07:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24882-snap-negotiations-underway-in-senate-with-farm-bill-at-stake</link>
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      <title>Boozman unveils farm bill draft that sidesteps thorny issues</title>
      <author>noah@agri-pulse.com</author>
      <description>The Senate Agriculture Committee's five-year "farm bill 2.0" would bolster key farm and rural development initiatives while sidestepping the most controversial food and ag issues of the day.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p>The Senate Agriculture Committee's five-year "farm bill 2.0" would bolster key farm and rural development initiatives while sidestepping the most controversial food and ag issues of the day.&nbsp;</p>]]>
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      <guid>http://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24871</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:29:20 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24871-boozman-unveils-farm-bill-draft-that-sidesteps-thorny-issues</link>
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        <media:description type="plain">Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman, R-Ark., and Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speak on a panel at the American Farm Bureau Federation's annual meeting in Anaheim, California, in January 2026 (AFBF photo)</media:description>
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      <title>Daybreak June 22: Strait’s status unclear as talks commence</title>
      <author>noah@agri-pulse.com</author>
      <description>U.S. talks to end the war with Iran advanced over the weekend even as uncertainty hung over the status of trade flows through the Strait of Hormuz. Even in the best-case scenario for resuming key cargoes through the Strait of Hormuz, it will take time for disrupted energy and fertilizer markets to recover, says Corey Rosenbusch, president and CEO of The Fertilizer Institute.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p><span style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; float: none;">U.S. talks to end the war with Iran advanced over the weekend even as uncertainty hung over the status of trade flows through the Strait of Hormuz.&nbsp;<span style="font-weight:400;font-style:normal;">Even in the best-case scenario for resuming key cargoes through the Strait of Hormuz, it will take time for disrupted energy and fertilizer markets to recover, says Corey Rosenbusch, president and CEO of The Fertilizer Institute.</span></span></p>]]>
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      <guid>http://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24863</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 09:18:04 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24863-daybreak-june-22-straits-status-unclear-as-talks-commence</link>
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      <title>Washington Week Ahead: Farm bill and global trade under close watch</title>
      <description>A highly anticipated farm bill draft is in focus as senators kick off their last full legislative work week before a 10-day recess. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer is in India this week for bilateral trade talks.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p>A highly anticipated farm bill draft is in focus as senators kick off their last full legislative work week before a 10-day recess. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer is in India this week for bilateral trade talks.</p>]]>
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      <guid>http://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24860</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 21:25:48 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24860-washington-week-ahead-farm-bill-and-global-trade-under-close-watch</link>
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      <title>Daybreak June 18: The case of the dog with screwworm in New Mexico</title>
      <author>noah@agri-pulse.com</author>
      <description>A New Mexico dog confirmed with a case of New World screwworm last week is no longer believed to have traveled to Mexico, New Mexico Agriculture Secretary Jeff Witte says. As Senate Agriculture Committee leaders prepare to release farm bill text, Vermont Sen. Peter Welch says lawmakers need to focus on the growing economic reality that farmers are spending more to produce crops than they're earning.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p>A New Mexico dog confirmed with a case of New World screwworm last week is no longer believed to have traveled to Mexico, New Mexico Agriculture Secretary Jeff Witte says.&nbsp;As Senate Agriculture Committee leaders prepare to release farm bill text, Vermont Sen. Peter Welch says lawmakers need to focus on the growing economic reality that farmers are spending more to produce crops than they're earning.&nbsp;</p>]]>
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      <guid>http://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24857</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:24:13 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24857-daybreak-june-18-the-case-of-the-dog-with-screwworm-in-new-mexico</link>
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      <title>Washington Week Ahead: U.S.-Iran reach peace deal as Trump heads to G7</title>
      <description>A peace deal between the U.S. and Iran was forged Sunday after 107 days of war that wreaked economic chaos on global fuel and fertilizer supply chains. In Washington, the House is in recess all week while the Senate reconvenes Monday afternoon.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p>A peace deal between the U.S. and Iran was forged Sunday after 107 days of war that wreaked economic chaos on global fuel and fertilizer supply chains.&nbsp;<span style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; float: none;">In Washington, the House is in recess all week while the Senate reconvenes Monday afternoon.</span>
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      <guid>http://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24830</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 18:58:58 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24830-washington-week-ahead-us-iran-reach-peace-deal-as-trump-heads-to-g7</link>
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      <title>Marshall pulls support for bill to end California's Prop 12</title>
      <description>Sen. Roger Marshall, a Kansas Republican, has withdrawn support for a bill that would nullify animal welfare laws like California's Proposition 12.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Sen. Roger Marshall, a Kansas Republican, has withdrawn support for a bill that would nullify animal welfare laws like California's Proposition 12.&nbsp;</p>]]>
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      <guid>http://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24827</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:42:43 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24827-marshall-pulls-support-for-bill-to-end-californias-prop-12</link>
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      <title>States gird for changes in SNAP, urge delays as USDA seeks data</title>
      <author>steve@agri-pulse.com</author>
      <description>USDA and blue states aren’t giving an inch in their continuing battle over SNAP data, as Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins continues to blast the program as rife with fraud, waste and abuse. The fight over SNAP was highlighted at a recent House Agriculture Committee hearing where Ranking Member Angie Craig, D-Minn., harshly criticized Rollins over SNAP.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p>USDA and blue states aren’t giving an inch in their continuing battle over SNAP data, as Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins continues to blast the program as rife with fraud, waste and abuse.&nbsp;The fight over SNAP was highlighted at a recent House Agriculture Committee hearing where Ranking Member Angie Craig, D-Minn., harshly criticized Rollins over SNAP.</p>]]>
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      <guid>http://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24811</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:07:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24811-states-gird-for-changes-in-snap-urge-delays-as-usda-seeks-data</link>
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        <media:description type="plain">Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., speaks during a news conference on legislation to reverse SNAP cuts on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)</media:description>
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      <title>Daybreak June 9: Senate Ag’s farm bill gets pushed back  </title>
      <author>noah@agri-pulse.com</author>
      <description>The Senate Agriculture Committee is expected to consider a farm bill during the work period between July 4th and August recesses, Chair John Boozman, R-Ark., says. The Senate Agriculture Committee advanced the nomination of Glen Smith to be undersecretary of agriculture for rural development along party lines, setting the stage for a Senate floor vote.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight:400;font-style:normal;">The Senate Agriculture Committee is expected to consider a farm bill during the work period between July 4th and August recesses, Chair John Boozman, R-Ark., says.&nbsp;<span style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; float: none;">The Senate Agriculture Committee advanced the nomination of Glen Smith to be undersecretary of agriculture for rural development along party lines, setting the stage for a Senate floor vote.&nbsp;</span></span></p>]]>
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      <guid>http://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24801</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:28:08 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24801-daybreak-june-9-senate-ags-farm-bill-gets-pushed-back</link>
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      <title>Senate majority leader says new E15 bill is in the works</title>
      <description>Senate Majority Leader John Thune says work is underway to craft a new E15 bill, though what that looks like is still to be determined.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Senate Majority Leader John Thune says work is underway to craft a new E15 bill, though what that looks like is still to be determined.&nbsp;</p>]]>
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      <guid>http://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24799</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 20:03:12 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24799-senate-majority-leader-says-new-e15-bill-is-in-the-works</link>
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      <title>Daybreak June 8: Canada limits livestock imports</title>
      <author>noah@agri-pulse.com</author>
      <description>It’s another big week as Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins grapples with a threat to livestock, senators work on a farm bill, and President Donald Trump says he’s focused on ending war with Iran and lowering costs for ag producers and other Americans. A federal judge has issued a temporary injunction barring the Agriculture Department from withholding funding from a group of states through a terms and conditions framework that seeks to comply with Trump administration policies on gender, immigration and diversity.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight:400;font-style:normal;">It’s another big week as Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins grapples with a threat to livestock, senators work on a farm bill, and President Donald Trump says he’s focused on ending war with Iran and lowering costs for ag producers and other Americans.&nbsp;<span style="font-weight:400;font-style:normal;">A federal judge has issued a temporary injunction barring the Agriculture Department from withholding funding from a group of states through a terms and conditions framework that seeks to comply with Trump administration policies on gender, immigration and diversity.</span></span></p>]]>
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      <guid>http://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24796</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:14:28 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24796-daybreak-june-8-canada-limits-livestock-imports</link>
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      <title>SNAP cost shift fight threatens Senate farm bill 2.0</title>
      <description>SNAP cost-structure changes threaten to derail the farm bill, but Sen. Amy Klobuchar, ranking member of the Agriculture Committee, says she has an "excellent working relationship" with Chair John Boozman.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p>SNAP cost-structure changes threaten to derail the farm bill, but Sen. Amy Klobuchar, ranking member of the Agriculture Committee, says she has an "excellent working relationship" with Chair John Boozman.&nbsp;</p>]]>
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      <guid>http://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24775</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 06:10:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24775-snap-cost-shift-fight-threatens-senate-farm-bill-20</link>
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        <media:description type="plain">Produce, which is covered by the USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, is displayed for sale at a grocery store Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, in Nashville, Tennessee. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)</media:description>
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      <title>Daybreak June 2: Trump says Iran war negotiations continuing </title>
      <author>noah@agri-pulse.com</author>
      <description>President Donald Trump says he doesn’t care if negotiations with Iran over the U.S.-Israeli war on the country are over. Sixty-five national and state commodity groups on Monday asked the Commerce Department to remove countervailing duties on phosphate fertilizer imports.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight:400;font-style:normal;">President Donald Trump says he doesn’t care if negotiations with Iran over the U.S.-Israeli war on the country are over.&nbsp;Sixty-five national and state commodity groups on Monday asked the Commerce Department to remove countervailing duties on phosphate fertilizer imports.&nbsp;</span></p>]]>
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      <guid>http://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24762</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:34:18 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24762-daybreak-june-2-trump-says-iran-war-negotiations-continuing</link>
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      <title>Washington Week Ahead: Rollins testifies, Senate farm bill wrangling begins</title>
      <description>A flurry of high-profile events are on tap this week as Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins speaks on Capitol Hill, U.S. officials talk trade in India and Senate work on a new farm bill kicks into high gear.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p>A flurry of high-profile events are on tap this week as Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins speaks on Capitol Hill, U.S. officials talk trade in India and Senate work on a new farm bill kicks into high gear.&nbsp;</p>]]>
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      <guid>http://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24757</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 07:34:24 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24757-washington-week-ahead-rollins-testifies-senate-farm-bill-wrangling-begins</link>
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      <title>Austin Scott makes early case for House Ag gavel </title>
      <author>lydia@agri-pulse.com</author>
      <description>Georgia Congressman Austin Scott is positioning himself to become the next Republican leader of the House Agriculture Committee, arguing that his ties to the Trump administration, vision for enhancing farm profitability, and focus on protecting American agriculture from foreign adversaries make him the right leader to guide the panel through the prolonged downturn in the ag economy.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight:400;font-style:normal;">Georgia Congressman Austin Scott is positioning himself to become the next Republican leader of the House Agriculture Committee, arguing that his ties to the Trump administration, vision for enhancing farm profitability, and focus on protecting American agriculture from foreign adversaries make him the right leader to guide the panel through the prolonged downturn in the ag economy.</span></p>]]>
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      <guid>http://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24710</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 06:07:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24710-austin-scott-makes-early-case-for-house-ag-gavel</link>
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      <title>Daybreak May 15: Farm aid timing and vehicle still uncertain</title>
      <author>noah@agri-pulse.com</author>
      <description>Leaders of the House and Senate Ag committees and GOP leadership have called for $15-$20 billion in farm aid, but details remain unclear.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Leaders of the House and Senate Ag committees and GOP leadership have called for $15-$20 billion in farm aid, but details remain unclear.&nbsp;</p>]]>
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      <guid>http://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24689</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 10:51:39 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24689-daybreak-may-15-farm-aid-timing-and-vehicle-still-uncertain</link>
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      <title>E15 vote pulls in gas price debate as Iowa sees over $4 a gallon</title>
      <description>The U.S. ethanol industry's big moment is here, as the U.S. House prepares to vote on legislation to allow higher blends of the corn-based fuel, better known as E15.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p>The U.S. ethanol industry's big moment is here, as the U.S. House prepares to vote on legislation to allow higher blends of the corn-based fuel, better known as E15.&nbsp;</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 06:08:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <media:description type="plain">Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Ill., speaks at a press conference to rally support before the E15 vote in the House. Behind her, from left, are Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Neb., Lesly Weber McNitt, vice president of public policy at the National Corn Growers Association, and Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio. (Agri-Pulse photo)</media:description>
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      <title>Washington Week Ahead: Trump in China, fertilizer scrutiny on Capitol Hill </title>
      <author>oliver@agri-pulse.com</author>
      <description>Lawmakers return to Washington and President Donald Trump travels to Beijing as snarled trade flows dim the outlook for worldwide energy and food supplies. The Senate Agriculture Committee examines elevated fertilizer prices on Tuesday, while the House is expected to vote on a bill to allow year-round E15.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight:400;font-style:normal;">Lawmakers return to Washington and President Donald Trump travels to Beijing as snarled trade flows dim the outlook for worldwide energy and food supplies. T</span><span style="font-weight:400;font-style:normal;">he Senate Agriculture Committee examines elevated fertilizer prices on Tuesday, while the House is expected to vote on a bill to allow year-round E15.</span></p>]]>
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      <guid>http://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24652</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 15:32:47 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24652-washington-week-ahead-trump-in-china-fertilizer-scrutiny-on-capitol-hill</link>
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      <title>SNAP stocking standards require more variety on store shelves </title>
      <author>steve@agri-pulse.com</author>
      <description>Food retailers will have to offer more varieties of staple foods in four categories – protein, grains, dairy, and fruits and vegetables – in order to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, under a new rule made public today.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Food retailers will have to offer more varieties of staple foods in four categories – protein, grains, dairy, and fruits and vegetables – in order to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, under a new rule made public today.</p>]]>
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      <guid>http://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24647</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 13:09:49 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24647-snap-stocking-standards-require-more-variety-on-store-shelves</link>
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        <media:description type="plain">Produce, which is covered by the USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, is displayed for sale at a grocery store Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, in Nashville, Tennessee. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)</media:description>
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      <title>Daybreak May 4: U.S.-EU trade tensions flare – again</title>
      <author>noah@agri-pulse.com</author>
      <description>Transatlantic trade relations are fraying once more after President Donald Trump on Friday accused the European Union of failing to live up to last year’s deal and vowed to impose higher car tariffs.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Transatlantic trade relations are fraying once more after President Donald Trump on Friday accused the European Union of failing to live up to last year’s deal and vowed to impose higher car tariffs.</p>]]>
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      <guid>http://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24622</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 09:15:04 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24622-daybreak-may-4-us-eu-trade-tensions-flare-again</link>
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      <title>Daybreak May 1: Farm bill heads to the Senate, House Ag Committee looks ahead</title>
      <author>noah@agri-pulse.com</author>
      <description>With the House passage of the 2026 farm bill Thursday, all eyes turn to the Senate, where lawmakers will have to find a path forward that secures enough Democratic votes to overcome the 60-vote filibuster.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p>With the House passage of the 2026 farm bill Thursday, all eyes turn to the Senate, where lawmakers will have to find a path forward that secures enough Democratic votes to overcome the 60-vote filibuster.</p>]]>
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      <guid>http://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24618</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 10:36:12 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24618-daybreak-may-1-farm-bill-heads-to-the-senate-house-ag-committee-looks-ahead</link>
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      <title>Senate farm bill markup could come in late May as fault lines take shape</title>
      <author>oliver@agri-pulse.com</author>
      <description>All eyes are moving to the Senate following the House passage of its farm bill Thursday. Senate Agriculture Committee Chair John Boozman, R-Ark, is eyeing the end of May or early June for a bill markup, as Democrats prepare for fights on pesticides and food assistance.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;">All eyes are moving to the Senate following the House passage of its farm bill Thursday. Senate Agriculture Committee Chair John Boozman, R-Ark, is eyeing the end of May or early June for a bill markup, as Democrats prepare for fights on pesticides and food assistance.</p>]]>
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      <guid>http://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24616</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:28:15 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24616-senate-farm-bill-markup-could-come-in-late-may-as-fault-lines-take-shape</link>
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        <media:description type="plain">Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman, R-Ark., and Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speak on a panel at the American Farm Bureau Federation's annual meeting in Anaheim, California, in January 2026 (AFBF photo)</media:description>
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      <title>House passes farm bill without pesticide clause; E15 vote set for May 13 </title>
      <author>noah@agri-pulse.com</author>
      <description>The House finally passed a farm bill, but the Senate has yet to act. The bill cleared the chamber, 224-200, after some tense discussions among Republicans. The House stripped a pesticide labeling provision from the bill and is expected to take up a bill that would allow year-round use of E15 on May 13.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p>The House finally passed a farm bill, but the Senate has yet to act. The bill cleared the chamber, 224-200, after some tense discussions among Republicans. The House stripped a pesticide labeling provision from the bill and is expected to take up a bill that would allow year-round use of E15 on May 13.</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:46:48 -0400</pubDate>
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      <author>oliver@agri-pulse.com</author>
      <description>The House approves an amendment to strip language from the farm bill that would have established federal supremacy of pesticide labeling laws over state rules. The vote is a win for MAHA Republicans and Democrats who claim the provision was a giveaway to chemical companies.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p>The House approves an amendment to strip language from the farm bill that would have established federal supremacy of pesticide labeling laws over state rules. The vote is a win for MAHA Republicans and Democrats who claim the provision was a giveaway to chemical companies.&nbsp;</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:56:58 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24612-pesticide-fight-moves-to-senate-after-maha-win-in-house-farm-bill</link>
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      <title>Daybreak April 30: Farm bill debate begins after chaotic day; vote expected today</title>
      <author>noah@agri-pulse.com</author>
      <description>After hours of meetings and tense exchanges, the House finally began debate on the farm bill close to 11 p.m. Wednesday, with leaders aiming for a vote today.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p>After hours of meetings and tense exchanges, the House finally began debate on the farm bill close to 11 p.m. Wednesday, with leaders aiming for a vote today.</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:44:14 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24611-daybreak-april-30-farm-bill-debate-begins-after-chaotic-day-vote-expected-today</link>
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      <author>lydia@agri-pulse.com</author>
      <description>The farm bill got off to a late start in the House on Wednesday as concern about a related ethanol bill threatened the legislation. The E15 bill is now expected to be taken up separately in two weeks.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p>The farm bill got off to a late start in the House on Wednesday as concern about a related ethanol bill threatened the legislation. The E15 bill is now expected to be taken up separately in two weeks.&nbsp;</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:37:44 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24610-farm-bill-gets-snarled-in-ethanol-politics-with-e15-in-limbo</link>
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