Jerry Hagstrom

Washington, D.C.

Columnist at National Journal

Agriculture news as it happens, from journalist Jerry Hagstrom

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Trump announces trade deal with UK, Rollins heads there

1 week ago | thefencepost.com | Jerry Hagstrom

President Trump and United Kingdom officials today announced a trade deal as Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins prepares to travel to the U.K. on Sunday. During the White House announcement, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke by telephone from London, emphasizing the importance of manufactured products and services. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that markets have been opened for ethanol and beef. But there are many uncertainties about the deal.
Rollins releases schedule for disaster aid, plans Italy travel, hints Forest Service move

1 week ago | thefencepost.com | Jerry Hagstrom

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins today announced a schedule for the release of the $21 billion in weather-related disaster aid that Congress included in an end-of-2024 spending package. Rollins told the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee today that a portal at which farmers can sign up for the aid would be established on the USDA website by the end of May.
Rollins testifies before Senate Ag Approps Subcommittee

1 week ago | thefencepost.com | Jerry Hagstrom

In her first testimony on Capitol Hill since her confirmation hearing, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins urged the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee to tell her of any problems their states encounter due to the Trump administration’s policies.
Not all lobbyists focus on SNAP

1 week ago | thefencepost.com | Jerry Hagstrom

While the agriculture and food industries are focused this week on potential cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the tax provisions in the budget reconciliation bill that President Trump has called “one big, beautiful bill” are attracting far more lobbyists to Capitol Hill. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has said he wants to finish the bill by Memorial Day, and lobbyist lines are long to get into Capitol Hill office buildings.
More than 900 anti-hunger advocates register to head to Hill

1 week ago | thefencepost.com | Jerry Hagstrom

More than 900 anti-hunger advocates have registered for the Food Research & Action Center’s National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference and will head to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to lobby against any cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The conference began as a congressional aide told The Hagstrom Report that the House Agriculture Committee markup on provisions of the budget reconciliation bill has been postponed from this week to the week of May 12.
Senate Ag holds confirmation hearing on Lindberg, Westhill

2 weeks ago | thefencepost.com | Jerry Hagstrom

The Senate Agriculture Committee held a hearing Tuesday on President Trump’s nominations of Luke Lindberg to be agriculture undersecretary for trade and foreign agricultural affairs and Devon Westhill to be agriculture assistant secretary for civil rights. Lindberg is the son-in-law of Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., but Thune did not introduce him at the hearing and Thune’s name was never mentioned. Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., introduced Lindberg and noted that Lindberg is Vermont native.
Trump’s trade stand prompts flurry of action, reports, town halls

1 month ago | thefencepost.com | Jerry Hagstrom

President Trump’s actions on trade this week have set the stage for tariffs to become a major discussion point during the two-week congressional break that started Friday. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., the ranking member on the Senate Agriculture Committee, joined with Sens. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, to introduce the Trade Review Act of 2025, which would reestablish limits on the president’s ability to unilaterally impose tariffs without the approval of Congress.
Scientists fear bird flu pandemic

1 month ago | thefencepost.com | Jerry Hagstrom

Two scientists — an expert in human health and a veterinarian — both said at an American Enterprise Institute event this week that they fear there could be a bird flu pandemic. Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University, said, “We are miscalculating this virus and how it has spread based on its potential impact on public health.
USDA names new leaders, updates avian flu response

1 month ago | wlj.net | Chris Clayton |Jerry Hagstrom

USDA recently highlighted new leadership in the Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) roles. “FPAC is the most farmer-facing mission area at USDA, housing the Farm Service Agency (FSA), the Risk Management Agency, and the Natural Resources Conservation Service—agencies producers rely on every day,” Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said.
Klobuchar dislikes ‘chaos’ but sees ‘glimmers of hope’ in bipartisanship

1 month ago | thefencepost.com | Jerry Hagstrom

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., ranking member on the Senate Agriculture Committee, said today that she opposes the Trump administration’s “chaos” that “is going to set us back,” but that she sees “glimmers of hope” in bipartisanship due to her past experiences with her Republican colleagues. “I am down on chaos,” Klobuchar said in a speech at the World Food Prize Foundation event called DialogueNEXT that won her a standing ovation.