The Senate Agriculture Committee advanced the Agricultural Act of 2026 out of committee, setting up a conference with the House and prompting industry groups to push for key dairy protections and farm-financed priorities, including making the Dairy Forward Pricing Program permanent, reauthorizing the Dairy Indemnity Payment Program through 2031, boosting Dairy Business Innovation funding, and codifying mandatory processing-cost reporting. At the same time, farmers and groups like NCGA pressed for year-round E15 and relief from high input costs and diesel prices, while lawmakers battled over SNAP cost-sharing timelines and Prop 12 provisions not included in the bill, reflecting a broader, partisan path toward final farm-bill enactment.
The Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry is a committee of the United States Senate empowered with legislative oversight of all matters relating to the nation's agriculture industry, farming programs, forestry and logging, and legislation relating to nutrition, home economics, and rural development.
- Country
- United States
- Inception
- December 9, 1825
Overview
The Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry is a committee of the United States Senate empowered with legislative oversight of all matters relating to the nation's agriculture industry, farming programs, forestry and logging, and legislation relating to nutrition, home economics, and rural development.
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