Andrew Huneke

1 week ago | agriculture.com | Andrew Huneke |Lydia Johnson

Senate Republicans will spend the coming weeks trying to agree on changes to President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill. In this week's episode of Agri-Pulse Newsmakers, Clinton and George W. Bush administration ag secretaries, Dan Glickman and Mike Johanns, were asked about how reconciliation elements may change in the Senate and the fate of the traditional rural-urban farm bill coalition. "It looks to me like the coalition broke up," Johanns said.

1 week ago | agriculture.com | Andrew Huneke |Lydia Johnson

House Republicans passed their reconciliation bill by a one vote margin on May 22. The bill boosts farm programs and extends key tax breaks but cuts SNAP program spending. On this episode of Agri-Pulse Newsmakers, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson joined the show to talk about why the bill is so important for agriculture. He also discussed the impact of federal downsizing at USDA and whether farmers should be worried about the president’s trade policy.

2 weeks ago | agriculture.com | Andrew Huneke |Lydia Johnson

House Republicans advanced major pieces of their massive budget bill this week, including expanded tax benefits for farmers and small businesses. On this week’s episode of Newsmakers, Agri-Pulse asked Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., how those provisions could fare in the Senate. He said he’s pushing back on Make America Healthy Again advocates who criticize pesticide use, and he talks about what he expects from the new dietary guidelines.

3 weeks ago | agriculture.com | Andrew Huneke |Lydia Johnson

House Agriculture Committee members will have a lengthy markup next week to find the instructed $230 billion in budget reconciliation savings. On this episode of Agri-Pulse Newsmakers, Rep. Eric Sorensen, D-Ill., explained Democrats' opposition to nutrition cuts and the scrubbing of the term "climate" at USDA.

2 months ago | agriculture.com | Andrew Huneke |Lydia Johnson

President Trump unveiled a massive tariff plan this week, adding a 10% across-the-board tariff on imports, plus a higher reciprocal tariff on many U.S. trading partners. Agri-Pulse Newsmakers asked Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., how the tariffs will affect producers and how farm bill elements may be incorporated into budget reconciliation.