government shutdown

The Senate and the House passed a Continuing Resolution to fund federal agencies through December 3rd. The CR provides $10 billion in much-needed disaster relief for losses incurred by farmers and ranchers in 2020 and 2021. It also extends Livestock Mandatory Reporting through December 3rd ...

Tens of billions of dollars for agriculture hangs in the balance as lawmakers in Washington D.C. fight over the size, scope and timing of key bills intended to keep the government funded as well as expand the size of federal programs. Fights between the parties and among Democrats stand in the way of $65 billion for rural broadband, $10 billion for Ag disaster aid, and many billions more for road

Even if lawmakers have not forged an agreement on a short-term government spending bill, keeping the federal government running through mid-December, Round 2 of the Coroniavirus Food Assistance Program, CFAP, would have still continued. "The money to fund CFAP 2 was part of the CARES Act and their was language in their that replenished CCC to the tune of $14 billion dollars and it was directe

Congress won’t consider any coronavirus relief until September, and the streamlined package likely won’t include agriculture. According to the Hagstrom Report, Senate Republicans indicate they plan to introduce a “skinny” bill next month. The Senate returns ...

“Well, nobody wins in a government shutdown, and that has been illustrated very clearly,” said Representative Dan Newhouse.  The Central Washington Republican made those comments moments before the U.S. House voted Thursday in favor of a $328 billion spending package keeping the government open through September 30th.   Newhouse not...

The bipartisan agreement announced Tuesday preventing another government shutdown is sweet music to the ears of the Ag industry.  The agreement funds the USDA and other federal agencies without a final budget through the current fiscal year, which began last October.   ...

Federal lawmakers hope to avert another government shutdown this Friday and avoid a further toll on agriculture and other government-dependent sectors.  The thought of another partial government shutdown is too much to bear for most politicians, including those from the president’s own party—and especially those from heavy agricultural districts.   “That p...

Senate Ag Chair Pat Roberts predicts no more government shutdowns as USDA gears up to implement the new Farm Bill.  Roberts said despite another looming government shutdown deadline at the end of next week.   “We’re not going to do another shutdown; we’re just not.  They never achieve their ...

The partial government shutdown resulted in almost a complete halt in USDA commodity reports and forecasts.   "So, trade to me has been very cautious and very limited because there's not been a lot to trade on," said USDA's outlook board chairman Seth Meyer.  ...

Politico says the month-plus government shutdown has left USDA officials with quite the backlog of commodity reports.  And they also have a lot of other numbers waiting to be crunched for future reports.  Those numbers include the 2017 Census of Agriculture, which is a major survey taken every five years and includes every state and county.  It shapes a lot o...