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Philip Brasher

Washington, D.C.

Executive Editor at Agri-Pulse

Editor in Chief, @agripulse @UTAustin @AP @DMRegister @CQRollCall

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  • Washington Week Ahead: Senate GOP tries to agree on budget bill: Rollins heads to Italy

    6 days ago | agri-pulse.com | Philip Brasher

    Senate Republicans are sharply divided over key parts of the House GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill and President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda ahead of a critical summer session and a looming deadline imposed by the U.S. debt ceiling. Sen.

  • Nutrition label usage increases, USDA says

    1 week ago | agri-pulse.com | Philip Brasher

    Consumers today look at nutrition labels more often than they did two decades ago, and regular users tend to choose more healthful foods and eat out less, according to a USDA study. Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey found that 79% of adults used nutrition labels at least some of the time from 2017 to 2020, compared to 62% in 2005 to 2006, the Economic Research Service reported.

  • Survey estimates sheep grazing on solar power sites

    1 week ago | agri-pulse.com | Philip Brasher

    Some 129,000 acres of solar power production was grazed by more than 113,000 sheep last year, according to a survey commissioned by the American Solar Grazing Association. The South exceeded the Midwest, Northeast and West in both the number of sheep and the solar acreage grazed, the association said. The sheep grazing involved 500 solar power sites.

  • Some states would cut or end SNAP benefits under GOP budget bill, CBO says

    2 weeks ago | agri-pulse.com | Philip Brasher

    States would reduce or end Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for an estimated 1.3 million people in an average month under a state cost-share requirement included in the House-passed budget reconciliation bill, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

  • House GOP Wins Passage of Budget Bill That Boosts Farm Programs, Extends Tax Breaks

    2 weeks ago | agriculture.com | Rebekah Alvey |Philip Brasher

    House Republicans took a major step toward enacting President Donald Trump's policy agenda and boosting spending for commodity programs and crop insurance by winning passage Thursday morning of the GOP's sweeping budget reconciliation bill. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which passed the House on a party-line vote, 215-214, includes funding for key parts of the farm bill paid for by a $295 billion reduction in projected spending for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

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Philip Brasher
Philip Brasher @PhilipBrasher
23 Jan 25

RT @agripulse: .@TAMU and @KState alums will appreciate @BrookeLRollins and @RogerMarshallMD greeting before her confirmation hearing @Sena…

Philip Brasher
Philip Brasher @PhilipBrasher
20 Dec 24

.@HouseAgGOP Chair Thompson says House will vote on CR+$100B disaster aid+$10B farm aid. Didn't want farm aid as separate vote for fear it wouldn't survive Senate. @agripulse

Philip Brasher
Philip Brasher @PhilipBrasher
20 Dec 24

.@AustinScottGA08 says CR 'will not pass without disaster and without farm aid' @agripulse @HouseAgGOP House GOP considering separate votes on CR+farm bill extension & farm aid