Office of Management and Budget

The National Council of Farmer Cooperatives applauded President Biden’s Buy American executive order signed this week. The action, the Council said, supports manufacturers, businesses and workers to ensure that federal purchasing programs follow Buy American requirements. The ...

On Friday, the House of Representatives passed a minibus of fiscal year 2021 appropriations bills, which included the agriculture bill. However, the Hagstrom Report says the White House is opposed to the overall bill and cited some specific provisions as the reason for its opposition ...

The farmer cooperatives want the Trump administration to withdraw proposed tax rules that they say would raise taxes on farmers and ranchers nationwide. On Thursday, the Executive Council of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives asked the Treasury Department and the Office of Management and Budget to withdraw a proposal that would implement Section 199A(g) of the tax code ...

The Crop Insurance Coalition is asking Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue and the Office of Management and Budget to oppose crop insurance cuts as the Trump Administration develops its fiscal year 2021 budget.  The Hagstrom Report says the coalition sent a letter to President Trump and OMB Acting Director Russel Vought, saying, “For good reason, the state of the agricultural economy has been the subject of

The White House and Congress are still trying to come to an agreement on disaster aid months after hurricanes and wildfires hit the country hard in many areas. Politico said one Georgia Republican is fed up. Representative Austin Scott said the White House is undercutting its pledge to farmers...

The budget cuts proposed by the White House would trim several farm programs, including crop insurance.  Agriculture Secretary Sonny Purdue was recently asked what he said to Office of Management and Budget officials during the crafting of the budget proposal.  ...