FARMERS LIKE TRUMP, BUT WORRY ABOUT FARM BILL: President Donald Trump’s support may be starting to slip with his base (per some polls), but a… Read More »Morning Agriculture: Farmers Like Trump, But Worry About Farm Bill

HOUSE TEES UP AG SPENDING PACKAGE: We know you’d rather be outside enjoying the sweltering 95-degree swampy weather we have on tap in Washington, but lawmakers… Read More »Morning Agriculture: House Tees Up Ag Spending Package — Perdue Dives into School Lunch Again

PRESS RELEASE | 115TH CONGRESS July 12, 2017 Opening Statement by Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin C. Peterson The Next Farm Bill: Technology & Innovation… Read More »Peterson Statement at Hearing on Technology & Innovation in Specialty Crops

A NEW CAUCUS FOR MEMBERS WHO DON’T TAKE PAC MONEY: Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) is starting a new caucus for members who have sworn off contributions from PACs… Read More »Influence: Khanna Starts PAC-free Caucus — Forbes Tate Poaches Palmer — Freedom Partners Registers to Lobby

BEHIND CONAWAY’S AGRICULTURE BUDGET CRUSADE: The fate of billions of dollars for farmers and nutrition programs may have been sealed, and perhaps saved, last month behind… Read More »Morning Agriculture: Behind Conaway’s Agriculture Budget Crusade — It’s Always Sonny in Atlanta

CORNERSTONE ADDS INHOFE AIDE: Cornerstone Government Affairshas hired Anthony “Lazer” Lazarski, a senior adviser to Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) on national security, veterans affairs and defense authorization and… Read More »Influence: Cornerstone Adds Inhofe Aide — Uber and Franklin Square Group Part Ways

AMAZON’S FOOD STAMP STRATEGY RAISES IRE IN D.C.: Amazon’s new Prime membership discount for the millions of Americans who have EBT cards is leading competitors to… Read More »Morning Agriculture: Amazon and Food Stamps — What the U.S. Lost Out on in EU-Japan Deal — Modified Moths and Eucalyptus Trees — Mexico Shunning U.S. Corn

A FOREIGN LOBBYING UPDATE: Mercury has provided some new details about its lobbying for a little-known group called the Libertas Foundation in a DOJ filing. Former Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) engaged… Read More »Influence: New Details About Mercury’s Work for a Mysterious Foundation — Altria Hires Third Street Strategies — Time Warner’s Merger with AT&T at Little Risk Despite CNN Feud

CONAWAY AGREES TO A NUMBER: House Agriculture Chairman Mike Conaway has come to an agreement with House Budget Chairman Diane Black on how much his committee… Read More »Morning Agriculture: Conaway Agrees to a Number — Trump Tweets About Sugar

HOUSE BUDGET DRAMA EXPOSES FARM BILL FAULT LINES: It’s only 2017, but the right flank of the Republican party is already firing away at the farm… Read More »Morning Agriculture: House Budget Drama Exposes Farm Bill Fault Lines — Senators Urge Ag Focus in NAFTA Talks