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The 2026 farm bill quietly hands big tech control over American farmland. Here's the fine print

The 2026 Farm Bill would reimburse farmers 90 cents on the dollar for adopting Big Tech AI tools — while letting the private sector write the rules.

Fortune

Republican farm bill criticized as agribusiness giveaway: ‘Pesticide industry wishlist’

Advocates say the bill weakens safety reviews, boosts industry influence and shields pesticide makers from legal liability

The Guardian - US

Democrats offer farm bill amendments to roll back SNAP changes

Democrats want to roll back controversial changes to the food stamp program enacted in the 2025 reconciliation law.

Roll Call

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House farm bill would set hemp testing, pesticide label authority

The House Agriculture Committee unveiled a five-year farm bill that could divide members across regional lines as much as political ones.

Roll Call

House farm bill action delayed until February - Roll Call

Chairman opts to push back markup plans after unexpected death of committee member LaMalfa and Baird's car crash.

Roll Call

Why 2026 could see the end of the Farm Bill era of American agriculture policy

With Congress back in session, legislators will take up a set of issues they haven’t comprehensively addressed since 2018 – the year the last farm bill passed.

The Conversation

New law killing "THC loophole" could hurt state programs and businesses, advocates say

A last-minute provision re-criminalizes many hemp-derived products, reversing their 2018 legalization.

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Agriculture secretary oversees food production, rural life, and nutrition programs that help millions afford healthy diets

Two years after President Abraham Lincoln created the Department of Agriculture in 1862, he nicknamed it “the people’s department” because half of all Americans lived on farms at that time. Today, fewer than 2% of Americans farm, but the Agriculture Department still touches people’s lives in many ways.

The Conversation

Will Republican control of Congress lead to updated ag laws? Texas farmers hope so.

The historical bipartisan legislation includes a bevy of policies from crop insurance to food stamps.

The Texas Tribune

Farm Bill gets extension as Congress passes spending package and averts shutdown

The legislation includes financial aid and money for recent natural disasters, but farmers still will be relying on outdated provisions from the 2018 bill.

The Texas Tribune

House Republicans Prepare Spending Package Including Disaster Aid And Farm Bill

House Republicans are pushing a spending package for disaster and farm aid, facing hurdles in bipartisan support and discussions with President-elect Trump.

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GOP control could doom Farm Bill passage

Now that Republicans control the House, Senate and White House, it's unlikely the bill will pass before 2025

Salon

Costa to challenge Scott as top House Agriculture Democrat - Roll Call

Rep. Jim Costa of California says he'll challenge Rep. David Scott of Georgia to be the top Democrat on House Agriculture.

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Senate farm bill differs from House on CCC, food stamp benefits - Roll Call

The Senate's draft farm bill comes with only a few weeks left to finish legislation and with differences from the House bill.

Roll Call

Boozman, Klobuchar lined up to follow Stabenow on Agriculture - Roll Call

Sen. Amy Klobuchar looks like the top Democrat on Senate Agriculture next year, working with current ranking member John Boozman, R-Ark.

Salon

How the election impacts our food system

"The new president will bring their own agricultural policy agenda to the job. . . "

The Texas Tribune

Texas lawmakers, farmers and ranchers sound alarm over languishing farm bill

Millions of Texans would lose food subsidies and farm insurance if Congress doesn’t act before the end of the year.

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The Guardian - US

Supreme court’s Chevron decision adds ambiguity to cannabis law: ‘It’s a mess’

Decision that weakened power of government regulatory agencies sows confusion to already chaotic cannabis law

The Texas Tribune

Squeezed by inflation and politics, a Texas food bank gets creative to keep people fed

To help raise money, the Lubbock-area food bank recruited a Michelin-recognized chef.

Salon

Farm bill to weaken pesticide protection

Language in the bill seeks to limit local authority to regulate pesticide use and sue pesticide companies

Salon

Vilsack blames GOP for farm bill delay

"First of all, they're taking resources from nutrition assistance which is a red line for Democrats"

Salon

SNAP ban is a cruel "double punishment"

In 1996, those convicted of drug felonies were issued a lifetime SNAP benefits ban — even after serving time

Top News

New Farm Bill Aims To Restrict Chinese Land Purchases

Foreign acquisition of U.S. farmland, particularly by Chinese investors, raises national security concerns and highlights the need for safeguarding critica...

Roll Call

Food stamps fight - Roll Call

Olivia M. Bridges and host David Lerman discuss the divide over food assistance that threatens to derail the five-year farm bill.

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