IL Corn Sees Wins in OBBBA - Brownfield Ag News

Kansas U.S. Congressman Derek Schmidt: Farmers & Ranchers and “Big Beautiful Bill” – Newstalk KZRG

Kansas U.S. Congressman Derek Schmidt told the KZRG Morning Newswatch what was in the “Big Beautiful Bill” for area farmers and ranchers: Schmidt said:  “We put a lot of the farm bill renewal in there. So, for example, the target prices are increased now. They’ve been stuck back at 2018 levels. They’ve now been modernized and that affects nearly all the commodity programs and the payment programs. That’s very good news, gives certainty for farme…

INTERVIEW: Rep. Mike Simpson on reconciliation wins, and what comes next for Congress post-OBBB

THE LOWDOWN:Rep. Mike Simpson (R., Idaho), who has been at the forefront of congressional negotiations with the One Big, Beautiful Bill (OBBB), spoke with the Washington Reporter about the reconciliation wins, what Congress should do next, and about what matters to him in life.For Simpson, the most critical provision in the OBBB — a bill that he said contains “all of [our] campaign promises” — is “making the tax cuts permanent and getting our ec…

IL Corn sees wins in OBBBA - Brownfield Ag News

The vice president of the Illinois Corn Growers Association says the recently passed reconciliation package has major wins for agriculture. Mark Bunselmeyer, who farms in Macon County, says the legislation provides certainty on several tax issues. “The estate tax is always something that’s important for transitioning to the next generation.”  He says, “Increasing that depreciation […] The post IL Corn sees wins in OBBBA appeared first on Brownfi…

Grassley lays out updated farm bill priorities | Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network

With the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill over the 4th of July weekend, attention now turns back once again to the farm bill. United States Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) says the farm bill improvements in the reconciliation bill contains “major victories for farmers.” https://d30hko96l9xirl.cloudfront.net/Iowamediafolder/2025/07/Grassley9.mp3 Grassley says that there are still several ag issues that need to be addressed in the smaller farm b

KCGA Says Budget Reconciliation Bill Contains Key Wins for Corn Farmers

MANHATTAN, Kan. — With final passage of the budget reconciliation bill, Kansas Corn Growers Association President J.D. Hanna, Silver Lake, noted several beneficial provisions in the bill which have been advocated for by the Kansas and National Corn Growers Associations. “Several of our farm program priorities were addressed in the reconciliation bill including improvements to crop insurance, safety net programs and export market development prog…

Corn Crop Off to a Good Start - Southern Farm Network

Last week, USDA rated more than 80% of the corn crop in three of the top 18 corn growing states as good to excellent. Those states include Pennsylvania, Iowa, and North Carolina, which has 82% rated good to excellent. Zach Webb is a Bayer technical agronomist, and says in his region of North Carolina, growers are set up to have an outstanding crop. “We had timely rainfall when we needed it. We did have a hot spell in there where the temperatures…