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Industrial Hemp: Eighth Circuit Holds Arkansas Hemp Law Not Preempted by 2018 Farm Bill, Vacates Preliminary Injunction 🌾
On June 24, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued an opinion vacating the district court’s preliminary injunction and holding that the 2018 Farm Bill does not preempt Arkansas Act 629, which “criminaliz[ed] many . . . hemp products,” but specifically “does not prohibit the continuous transportation through Arkansas of [hemp].” Bio Gen LLC v. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, No. 23-3237. The court determined that the 2018 Farm Bill’s “text does not support Bio Gen’s claim that Congress intended to ‘federally protect hemp’ and coercively mandate nationwide legality,” but “shows only that Congress wanted to facilitate state legalization of hemp, if a state wants to.” Additionally, the court found that the Farm Bill’s “plain meaning . . . shows Congress intended to forbid Arkansas from prohibiting the transportation or shipment through Arkansas of hemp legally produced in another state,” which, “[t]he plain text of Act 629,” the court stated, “would do exactly that.” According to the opinion, “[t]he district court found the term ‘continuous transportation’ ambiguous because it is unclear if Act 629 would ‘subject’ an out of state teamster ‘to criminal liability when stopping for gas or staying overnight before reaching the final destination outside of Arkansas.’” But the circuit court found that the term “‘continuous transportation’ . . . is well-defined in federal constitutional case law,” stating, “The United States Supreme Court has said that a ‘temporary pause’ does not remove a shipment from continuous interstate commerce: as long as there is a ‘practical continuity of movement’ the goods remain in the stream of interstate transportation.” See also ALWR—Sept. 18, 2023, “Industrial Hemp: Federal Court Issues Injunction Against Arkansas Law Prohibiting ‘Synthetic’ Hemp Products.”  

National Agricultural Policy: USDA Announces USDA Department Reorganization Plan
On July 24, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary issued a memorandum authorizing and directing the USDA Department Reorganization Plan. Also announced by USDA, the memorandum states that “USDA will relocate much of its Agency headquarters and [National Capital Region (NCR)] staff from the Washington, D.C. area to five hub locations”: (1) Raleigh, North Carolina, (2) Kansas City, Missouri, (3) Indianapolis, Indiana, (4) Fort Collins, Colorado, and (5) Salt Lake City, Utah. Additionally, “USDA will maintain two additional core administrative support locations: Albuquerque, New Mexico and Minneapolis, Minnesota” and “maintain critical service centers and laboratories including agency service centers in St. Louis, Missouri; Lincoln, Nebraska; and Missoula, Montana.” USDA states that, “[a]t the conclusion of implementation,” the agency aims “to retain no more than 2,000 employees within the NCR.” The memorandum also explains USDA’s plans for its NCR facilities, stating that the agency will ultimately vacate the South Building, Braddock Place, the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, and the George Washington Carver Center, and that USDA will retain the Whitten Building, Yates Building, and the National Agricultural Library.

Food Policy: FDA, USDA Publish Request for Information on ‘Ultra-Processed Foods’ Definition
On July 25, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published in the Federal Register a notice (90 FR 35305) requesting information to help the agencies “develop a uniform definition of ultra-processed foods.” Also announced by FDA, the notice requests information on several issues regarding ultra-processed foods (UPF), including the following:

  • “What types of ingredients might be used to characterize a food as ultra-processed?”
  • “To what extent, if any, should the relative amount of an ingredient used in a food influence whether the food should be characterized as ultra-processed?”
  • “What physical, biological, or chemical processes might be used to characterize a food as ultra-processed?”
  • “What, if any, other processing-related techniques should or should not be used to characterize a food as ultra-processed?”
  • “Is the term ‘ultra-processed’ the best term to use, or is there other terminology that would better capture the concerns associated with these products?”
  • “What other attributes, such as energy density or palatability, might be used to characterize a food as ultra-processed?”

The notice is available for public comment until September 23, 2025 (FDA-2025-N-1793).

Pesticides/Herbicides: EPA Proposes Approval for Three Dicamba Products, Seeks Comment
On July 23, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a memorandum announcing that the agency had received applications from Bayer, BASF, and Syngenta for new dicamba products and opening for public comment EPA’s Memorandum Supporting Proposed Decision to Approve Registration for the Uses of Dicamba on Dicamba-Tolerant Cotton and Dicamba-Tolerant Soybean (EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0154). Additionally, EPA has published a Draft Ecological Risk Assessment and Biological Evaluation, Human-Health Risk Assessment, and Benefits Assessment for dicamba. According to the memorandum, “EPA has not identified any . . . risks of concern for potential human health exposure” or “for aquatic invertebrates, fish, or aquatic plants.” However, the agency has “identified on-field chronic risk to terrestrial invertebrates, mammals, and birds and acute risk to on-field birds and aquatic-phase amphibians” and “low risk for . . . bees from the proposed uses of dicamba.” Notably, EPA has “identified on-and off-field risks of concern for non-listed terrestrial and wetland plants, and aquatic non-vascular plants,” “includ[ing] the potential for dicamba to volatilize in certain conditions and damage . . . ornamental gardens, desirable trees, or a neighbor’s soybean field if not planted with seed with the dicamba tolerant trait.” EPA states, “The impacts of offsite movement of dicamba to non-users may be substantial. High value crops may suffer yield and quality losses, organic growers could lose organic certification, research and crop breeding programs could be disrupted, and plantings in residential areas and landscapes could be damaged.” To accommodate these risks, EPA has also proposed several mitigation measures for dicamba, although EPA states that “these proposed mitigation measures would not address potential population-level effects to some listed plants and obligates to plants.” The docket is available for public comment until August 22, 2025. See also CASL’s Dicamba Issue Tracker.

Biotechnology: APHIS to Stop Preparing NEPA Analysis for Petitions Seeking GE Nonregulation
On July 9, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced (PDF) that “it will no longer prepare a [National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)] analysis to accompany its review of petitions seeking . . . nonregulated status” for genetically engineered plants and seeds. According to the announcement, the agency “has no ability under the . . . [Plant Protection Act] to consider or mitigate environmental impacts once it has determined that the modified organism does not pose a greater plant pest risk relative to an appropriate comparator and thus not subject to the regulations at 7 C.F.R. part 340.” APHIS states that, while it “has historically assessed the environmental impacts of granting petitions for nonregulated status as part of its petition process, the agency’s practice of conducting NEPA analysis does not mean it is, in fact, obligated to conduct a NEPA analysis,” and that, going forward, “once APHIS determines through the petition process that a modified organism does not pose a greater plant pest risk relative to an appropriate comparator, APHIS must deregulate the modified organism and does not have authority to consider or mitigate environmental impacts.”

Technology: Federal Court Denies Motion to Compel Discovery of Deere’s ‘Dealer Financial Analysis’ in Antitrust Service ADVISOR Case
On July 7, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued an opinion and order denying the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) motion to compel discovery of Deere’s “Dealer Financial Analysis (DFA),” the company’s “most comprehensive record of dealer profitability,” in an antitrust case challenging the company’s limited distribution of its Service ADVISOR repair tool. Federal Trade Commission v. Deere & Company, No. 3:25-cv-50017. According to the opinion, Deere’s DFA contains “a consolidated spreadsheet marrying total revenues on parts sales and repair services, customer end pricing, operating returns on each revenue stream, market share, cost absorption, incentives received directly from Deere, and other key financial metrics,” which, in sum, is capable of “automat[ing] many of the same analyses the Plaintiffs’ opinion witnesses will likely generate in litigation.” However, the court noted that “Deere freely produced transaction-level data on dealer financial performance and aftermarket incentives while refusing to produce any portion of the DFA.” The court found that requiring Deere to produce the DFA “would be cumulative and duplicative,” which is contrary to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, stating, “[T]he Court won’t subject Deere to even the minimal burden of producing DFA data that adds no real value when Deere has essentially already produced the information. See also ALWR—June 17, 2025, “Federal Court Allows Deere Antitrust Case to Proceed,” and ALWR—Jan. 21, 2025, “FTC, Illinois and Minnesota File Antitrust Complaint Against Deere for ‘Service ADVISOR’ Limited Distribution.” 

Animal Welfare: Switzerland Requires Labels for Products from Animals Without Anesthesia
On May 28, 2025, the Swiss Federal Council, Switzerland’s seven-member “highest executive authority” issued a press release (English PDF) announcing that the Council was implementing Motion 20.4267 (English PDF) and amending the country’s Ordinance on Foodstuffs and Utility Articles to require labeling for meat, eggs, and milk “if they come from animals that have undergone certain painful procedures without anesthesia.” According to the press release, the following products are subject to the requirements:

  • “beef from animals that have been dehorned or castrated without anesthesia,”
  • “pork from animals that have undergone tail docking, tooth removal, or castration without anesthesia,”
  • “eggs and meat from poultry subjected to beak trimming without anesthesia,”
  • “milk from cows subjected to dehorning without anesthesia,”
  • “frog legs obtained without stunning the animal,” and
  • “liver and meat of geese and ducks resulting from force-feeding.”

The Federal Council states that the “declaration requirement applies to all commercial establishments offering the foods in question, such as restaurants, small businesses, or retail outlets.” The press release states that the requirements became effective July 1, 2025, “with a two-year transition period.”

 

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Resources of Interest:

Nat’l Agric. Law Ctr., One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Resource Roundup, Bridgit Rollins (July 24, 2025)

Nat’l Agric. Law Ctr., One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Nutrition Title, Emily Stone (July 21, 2025)

Agric. Law & Tax’n Blog, The OBBBA—Research and Development Expenses, Roger A. McEowen (July 21, 2025)

Univ. of Ill. Farm Policy News, California’s Prop 12 Increased Pork Prices, USDA Data Says, Ryan Hanrahan (July 24, 2025)

Univ. of Ill. Farm Policy News, Coke Cane Sugar Switch Threatens Ag Jobs, Corn Refiners Say, Ryan Hanrahan (July 22, 2025)

Ohio St. Univ. Ext. Farm Off. Blog, Western Ohio Cropland Values and Cash Rents 2024-25 Survey Results, Barry Ward (July 23, 2025)

STATE ACTIONS—EXECUTIVE & LEGISLATIVE

PENNSYLVANIA EXECUTIVE AGENCIES (Pa. Bulletin Vol. 55, No. 30—July 26, 2025):  

Delaware River Basin Commission

55 Pa.B. 4982 Notice: “Public Hearing and Business Meeting”

Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

55 Pa.B. 4983 Notice: “Grant Funding for ATV or Snowmobile Projects and Programs”

Department of Environmental Protection

55 Pa.B. 5060 Notice: “Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee Meeting Cancellation”

55 Pa.B. 4984 Notice: “Applications for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permits and Water Quality Management (WQM) Permits Under the Clean Streams Law and Federal Clean Water Act”

55 Pa.B. 5061 Notice: “Availability of Rebates through the Pennsylvania Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant Program”

55 Pa.B. 5061 Notice: “Federal Consistency under the Coastal Zone Management Act; Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission I-95/I-276 Interchange and Design of Central Turnpike Widening Section I-95-C Project”

55 Pa.B. 5062 Notice: “Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee Meeting Cancellation”

PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE

SB 866 “An Act amending . . . The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, further providing for schedules of controlled substances and for secure storage of xylazine; and adding provisions relating to medetomidine.” Referred to Agriculture & Rural Affairs [Senate] (July 24, 2025)

SB 945 “An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in game or wildlife protection, prohibiting the purchase, sale, offer for sale or possession with intent to sell covered animal parts or products; and imposing penalties.” Referred to Game & Fisheries [Senate] (July 23, 2025)

HB 1759 “An Act providing for disposal of waste tires, trash and debris, for rules and regulations and for penalties.” Referred to Environmental & Natural Resource Protection [House] (July 23, 2025)

FEDERAL ACTIONS—EXECUTIVE & LEGISLATIVE

U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY PRESS RELEASES

Senate Confirms President Trump Appointee Aaron Szabo as Assistant Administrator for EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation (July 24, 2025)

EPA Announces Availability of Up to $14 Million in Funding for Brownfields Job Training Program Grants (July 23, 2025)

Administrator Zeldin Releases Statement on President Trump’s Executive Order Advancing American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence (July 23, 2025)

EPA Announces Reduction in Force, Reorganization Efforts to Save Taxpayers Nearly Three-Quarters of a Billion Dollars (July 18, 2025)

EPA Administrator Zeldin Reaffirms EPA’s Indian Policy (July 18, 2025)

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) PRESS RELEASES

Secretary Rollins Announces USDA Reorganization, Restoring the Department’s Core Mission of Supporting American Agriculture (July 24, 2025)

Make Agriculture Great Again Trade Wins: President Trump Secures Greater Ag Market Access to Australia for American Beef (July 23, 2025)

HHS, FDA and USDA Address the Health Risks of Ultra-Processed Foods (July 23, 2025)

Secretary Rollins Unveils Weeklong Celebration of American Agriculture with the Great American Farmers Market (July 23, 2025)

Secretary Rollins Announces $675.9 Million in Disaster Assistance for Farmers in Florida (July 21, 2025)

USDA AGENCY PRESS RELEASES

Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)

USDA Issues Tomato Import Requirements Reminder (July 23, 2025)

Pre-Solicitation Announcement for the Purchase of Black Bean Burger Patties (July 22, 2025)

Grant Funding Available through the Sheep Production and Marketing Grant Program (July 22, 2025)

USDA Launches the Remote Butter Grading Program to Help Small Processors Access Butter Grading (July 22, 2025)

USDA Restricts PACA Violators in Florida, Massachusetts, South Carolina and Texas from Operating in the Produce Industry (July 22, 2025)

USDA Restricts PACA Violators in California, Texas and Minnesota from operating in the Produce Industry (July 22, 2025)

Agricultural Marketing Service

Scientists Find a ‘Silver Lining’ to Adult House Flies’ Filthy Behavior (July 23, 2025)

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

APHIS Administrator Announces Several Senior Leadership Changes (July 24, 2025)

Farm Service Agency (FSA)

USDA Offers Disaster Assistance to Agricultural Producers in North Carolina Impacted by Tropical Storm Chantal (July 22, 2025)

USDA Offers Disaster Assistance to Agricultural Producers in Virginia Impacted by Tropical Storm Chantal (July 21, 2025)

Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)

Secretary Rollins Announces USDA Reorganization, Restoring the Department’s Core Mission of Supporting American Agriculture (July 24, 2025)

Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)

Residue Repeat Violators List (July 24, 2025)

Chile: Foreign Audit Report (July 22, 2025)

Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)

Export Sales to Mexico and South Korea (July 25, 2025)

CORRECTION: Export Sales to South Korea and Unknown Destinations (July 24, 2025)

USDA Advances Trump Administration’s America First Agenda in the Dominican Republic (July 21, 2025)

National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Move to Pork Production Allowing More Farmers to Bring Home the Bacon (July 25, 2025)

NIFA Meets Workforce Needs through AI Education (July 21, 2025)

Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)

Local Working Group Meetings Happening Across New York State (July 23, 2025)

Follow the Chief: NRCS Resources Help Kansas Flint Hills Ranchers push back the Green Glacier (July 22, 2025)

USDA Offers Disaster Assistance to Agricultural Producers in North Carolina Impacted by Tropical Storm Chantal (July 21, 2025)

The Conservation Plan – A Solid Foundation for NRCS Work (July 18, 2025)

FEDERAL EXECUTIVE AGENCIES (Federal Register: July 21–25, 2025):

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

90 FR 35265 Notice: “Notice of Decision to Deregulate Light Brown Apple Moth for Fruit Imported From New Zealand Into the United States” (July 25, 2025)

90 FR 35266 Request for revision to and extension of approval of an information collection; comment request: “Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Importation of Poultry Meat and Other Poultry Products from Sinaloa and Sonora, Mexico; Poultry and Pork Transiting the United States” (July 25, 2025)

Department of Agriculture

90 FR 35305 Notice; request for information: “Ultra-Processed Foods; Request for Information” (July 25, 2025)

90 FR 34827 Notice: “Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request [Agricultural Marketing Service: Dairy Products Mandatory Sales Reporting].” (July 24, 2025)

90 FR 34165 Interim final rule; correction: “National Environmental Policy Act; Correction” (July 21, 2025)

Environmental Protection Agency

90 FR 35298 Notice: “Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability” (July 25, 2025)

90 FR 34864 Notice: “Request for Nominations of ad hoc Expert Reviewers; Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel; Determining the Absence of Novel Proteins in the Saliva of Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes for Mosquito Control; Meetings” (July 24, 2025)

90 FR 34867 Notice: “Approval of a Test Marketing Exemption for a New Chemical Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)” (July 24, 2025)

90 FR 34602 Final rule; correction: “Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (24-2.5e); Correction” (July 23, 2025)

90 FR 34602 Final rule: “Afidopyropen; Pesticide Tolerances” (July 23, 2025)

90 FR 34657 Notice: “Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Renewal Collection and Request for Comment; Submission of Protocols and Study Reports for Environmental Research Involving Human Subjects” (July 23, 2025)

90 FR 34493 Notice: “Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee; Request for Nominations to the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee” (July 22, 2025)

90 FR 34494 Notice: “Pesticide Registration Review; Proposed Decision for 4-CPA; Notice of Availability” (July 22, 2025)

90 FR 34206 Proposed rule; withdrawal: “Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Nonattainment New Source Review (NNSR): Regulations Related to Project Emissions Accounting; Withdrawal of Proposed Rule” (July 21, 2025)

90 FR 34269 Notice: “Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed New Collection and Request for Comment; Bilingual Pesticide Labeling Tracking (EPA ICR No. 7795.01; OMB Control No. 2070-NEW)” (July 21, 2025)

Farm Service Agency

90 FR 35234 Final rule; notice of approval of Information Collection Request (ICR): “Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP) Stage 1; Approval of Information Collection Request” (July 25, 2025)

Food and Drug Administration

90 FR 34278 Notice of availability: “Formal Meetings Between the Food and Drug Administration and Sponsors or Applicants of Biosimilar User Fee Act Products; Guidance for Industry; Availability” (July 21, 2025)

Food and Nutrition Service

90 FR 34827 Notice: “National School Lunch, Special Milk, and School Breakfast Programs, National Average Payments/Maximum Reimbursement Rates” (July 24, 2025)

90 FR 34830 Notice: “Child and Adult Care Food Program: National Average Payment Rates, Day Care Home Food Service Payment Rates, and Administrative Reimbursement Rates for Sponsoring Organizations of Day Care Homes for the Period July 1, 2025, Through June 30, 2026” (July 24, 2025)

Foreign Agricultural Service

90 FR 33871 Final rule: “Obsolete Provisions” (July 18, 2025)

90 FR 33361 Notice: “Determination of Total Amounts of Fiscal Year 2026 WTO Tariff-Rate Quotas for Raw Cane Sugar and Certain Sugars, Syrups and Molasses” (July 17, 2025)

Natural Resources Conservation Service

90 FR 34833 Notice; request for comment: “Notice of Request for Renewal of a Currently Approved Information Collection; Composting and Food Waste Reduction (CFWR) Cooperative Agreements” (July 24, 2025)

U.S. HOUSE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE

H.R.4721 “To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to establish a grant program to assist with the purchase, installation, and maintenance of point-of-entry and point-of-use drinking water quality improvement products, and for other purposes.” Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture (July 23, 2025)

H.R.4714 “To eliminate certain subsidies for fossil-fuel production.” Referred to the Committees on Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, Science, Space, and Technology, Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Appropriations, Financial Services, and Foreign Affairs (July 23, 2025)

H.R.4708 “To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to include spotted lanternfly control research and development as high-priority research and extension initiative, and for other purposes.” Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture (July 23, 2025)

H.R.4706 “To prohibit the acquisition and ownership of agricultural land and residential real property by certain foreign entities, and for other purposes.” Referred to the Committees on Agriculture and on Foreign Affairs (July 23, 2025)

H.R.4700 “To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to exempt from inspection the slaughter of animals and the preparation of carcasses conducted at a custom slaughter facility, and for other purposes.” Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture (July 23, 2025)

H.R.4673 “To ensure the free movement of livestock-derived products in interstate commerce.” Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture (July 23, 2025)

H.R.4665 “To establish a payment program for unexpected loss of markets and revenues to timber harvesting and timber hauling businesses due to major disasters, and for other purposes.” Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture (July 23, 2025)

H.R.4657 “To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to modify limitations on access to farm ownership loans for beginning farmers and ranchers.” Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture (July 23, 2025)

H.R.4636 “To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to encourage practices that benefit both soil and wildlife habitat by increasing payments to producers for such practices under the environmental quality incentives program and the conservation stewardship program, and for other purposes.” Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture (July 23, 2025)

H.R.3937 “Wabeno Economic Development Act” Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (July 23, 2025)

H.R.4604 “To amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to collect a surcharge from international visitors to units of the National Park System, and for other purposes.” Referred to the Committees on Natural Resources and Agriculture (July 22, 2025)

H.R.4595 “To provide authority for small cultivators of cannabis and small manufacturers of cannabis products to ship cannabis and cannabis products using the mail, and for other purposes.” Referred to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary (July 22, 2025)

H.R.4550 “United States Grain Standards Reauthorization Act of 2025” Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote (July 22, 2025)

H.R.183 “Law Enforcement Officer and Firefighter Recreation Pass Act” Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (July 22, 2025)

U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY  

S.2467 “A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to improve biorefinery, renewable chemical, and biobased product manufacturing assistance, and for other purposes.” Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (July 24, 2025)

S.2450 “A bill to amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a national biochar research network, and for other purposes.” Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (July 24, 2025)

S.2442 “A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to provide support for organic dairy producers and processors, and for other purposes.” Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (July 24, 2025)

S.2440 “A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain National Forest System land located in Franklin County, Mississippi, and for other purposes.” Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (July 24, 2025)

S.2436 “A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to establish a grant program to assist with the purchase, installation, and maintenance of point-of-entry and point-of-use drinking water quality improvement products, and for other purposes.” Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (July 24, 2025)

S.2409 “A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to exempt from inspection the slaughter of animals and the preparation of carcasses conducted at a custom slaughter facility, and for other purposes.” Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (July 23, 2025)

S.2399 “A bill to establish a payment program for unexpected loss of markets and revenues to timber harvesting and timber hauling businesses due to major disasters, and for other purposes.” Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (July 23, 2025)

S.2396 “A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require certain membership on the Board of Directors of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation.” Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (July 23, 2025)

S.2395 “A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to conduct research and development on the inclusion of certain oilseed crops in double cropping policies, and for other purposes.” Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (July 23, 2025)

U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY—UPCOMING HEARINGS  

U.S. Senate Ag. Comm., Perspectives on Reauthorization of the U.S. Grain Standards Act (July 29, 2025, 3:00 PM ET)

U.S. Senate Ag. Comm., Review of the USDA Reorganization Proposal (July 30, 2025, 11:00 AM ET)

 

Contributors:
Audry Thompson—Staff Attorney
Christina Fraser—Research Assistant