April 29, 2025

Agricultural Law Weekly Review—April 29, 2025

Next Week: May 9, 2025, Understanding the Basics of PA Ag Exemptions for Inheritance Tax and Other Real Estate Transfers (rescheduled)

Dairy Policy: USDA Issues Final Rule to Reauthorize Dairy Forward Pricing Program 🌾
On April 23, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) published in the Federal Register a final rule (90 FR 16997), effective April 24, 2025, reauthorizing the Dairy Forward Pricing Program, which “allows farmers to voluntarily enter into forward price contracts with handlers for pooled milk used for Class II, III, or IV purposes under the Federal Milk Marketing Orders . . . instead of paying the minimum Federal order blend price for pooled milk.” Authority for the DFPP was reinstated by the 2025 American Relief Act, which was signed into law on December 21, 2024, and extended the 2018 Farm Bill. According to the final rule, new DFPP contracts have been prohibited since the program’s expiration on September 30, 2024, but are now allowed under the final rule. Additionally, the rule states that “the Relief Act reauthorizes the DFPP program to allow handlers to enter into new contracts until September 30, 2025” and “[a]ny forward contract entered prior to the September 30, 2025, deadline is subject to a September 30, 2028, expiration date.” See also ALWR—Jan. 7, 2025, “President Signs ‘American Relief Act, 2025,’ Extends Farm Bill.”

Food Safety: USDA Revokes Salmonella Framework Proposed Rule
On April 25, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule (90 FR 17344) withdrawing the agency’s August 2024 proposed rule, “Salmonella Framework for Raw Poultry Products,” which, among other changes, would have required (1) poultry processors to revise their contamination prevention procedures “to clarify that the[] procedures must include a microbial monitoring program that incorporates statistical process control monitoring methods,” (2) processors to conduct “sampling at rehang instead of pre-chill,” and (3) “establishments [to] conduct paired sampling at rehang and post-chill.” According to the proposed rule, during the framework’s comment period, “FSIS received 7,089 comments,” which the agency “believes . . . have raised several important issues that warrant further consideration.” FSIS states that it “is withdrawing the . . . proposed rule and proposed determination to allow the Agency to further assess its approach for addressing Salmonella illnesses associated with poultry products.” See also ALWR—Aug. 21, 2024, “USDA Publishes Proposed Rule on Salmonella Framework for Raw Poultry,” ALWR—Sept. 10, 2024, “USDA Extends Salmonella Proposed Rule Comment Period Until November 7, 2024,” and ALWR—Oct. 23, 2024, “USDA Extends Salmonella Proposed Rule Comment Period Until January 17, 2025.”

Regulatory Policy: Office of Personnel Management Publishes Proposed Rule to Reassign Federal Policy-Influencing Positions to New Schedule ‘Policy/Career’
On April 23, 2025, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule (90 FR 17182) to allow “policy-influencing positions” to be reassigned to a “new Schedule Policy/Career” as identified in a January 2025 executive order (EO 14171), which reinstated an October 2020 executive order titled “Creating Schedule F in the Excepted Service” (EO 13957) and “replace[d] the letter ‘F’ . . . with the words ‘Policy/Career.’” The proposed rule would “remove [several] amendments made by . . . [an] April 2024 final rule,” titled “Upholding Civil Service Protections and Merit System Principles” (89 FR 24982), including (1) removing the 2024 rule’s provisions establishing that “policy-influencing positions are exclusively associated with noncareer political appointments”; (2) eliminating the “procedural requirements on movements of positions or employees into policy-influencing excepted service positions (including subsequent MSPB appeals)”; and (3) excluding both reclassified individuals and “all policy-influencing positions” from chapters 75 and 43 procedural requirements or adverse actions appeals. According to a White House fact sheet (PDF), “OPM estimates 50,000 positions will ultimately be moved into Schedule Policy/Career, approximately 2% of the Federal workforce.” Additionally, the proposed rule states, “In a structural difference with the original [EO 13957], the President—not OPM—will now move positions into Schedule Policy/Career. Pursuant to that Executive Order, agencies will review their workforces and petition OPM to recommend that the President move specific positions into Schedule Policy/Career. OPM will review these petitions and make the recommendations it deems appropriate. However, the President will make the final decision about which positions go into Schedule Policy/Career. That decision will be effectuated by a new executive order issued under Presidential—not OPM—authority.” The proposed rule is available for public comment until May 23, 2025 (OPM-2025-0004).

Ag-Gag Statutes: Federal Court Upholds Iowa Trespass Law in ‘As Applied’ Challenge
On March 19, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa issued an order granting the state’s motion to dismiss and upholding an Iowa law that “imposes enhanced penalties for recording while trespassing” (Iowa Code § 727.8A) as applied to the law’s advocacy group challengers in a case on remand from the Eighth Circuit. Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Reynolds, No. 4:21-cv-00231 (See also ALWR—Jan. 18, 2024, “Ag-Gag Statutes: Eighth Circuit Reverses Injunctions for Two Iowa ‘Ag-Gag’ Laws”). The court determined that, while “recording, as a means of gathering and preserving information for later dissemination, implicates First Amendment interests . . . the Constitution’s protection for such expressive activities operates differently when those activities occur during an unlawful trespass.” The court reasoned that “recording exacerbates privacy and property intrusions by creating a permanent record that transforms a temporary physical invasion into an enduring breach that transcends both time and space” and that “[t]he spectrum of potential harms [implicated]—from compromised security measures to exposure of confidential operations to invasions of personal privacy—provides a substantial basis to conclude there is a significant governmental interest in this issue.” The court “conclude[d] that the Act’s targeted approach directly advances Iowa’s substantial interests in protecting property rights and privacy,” and that “the State is entitled to deference in its choice of regulatory approach under intermediate scrutiny,” stating, “The Constitution does not privilege a speaker’s preferred method when that method involves unlawful conduct.” For more on ag-gag laws, see the Center’s Ag Gag Statutes Issue Tracker. 

Pesticides/Herbicides: North Dakota Law Establishes EPA-Approved Labels Sufficient for State Duty-to-Warn Law
On April 24, 2025, North Dakota Governor Kelly Armstrong approved H.B. 1318 (PDF), which establishes that a pesticide registered under the state’s pesticide control laws (N.D. Cent. Code §4.1-33) or with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) that also displays the necessary EPA-approved label fulfills “any requirement for warning or labeling regarding health or safety,” including any state or common law duty to warn. The law will become effective August 1, 2025. See also CASL’s Glyphosate Litigation Issue Tracker. 

Food Policy: FDA Announces Measures to Eliminate Food Dyes, IDFA Announces Pledge to Remove Dyes from School Lunch Dairy Products
On April 22, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced six “new measures to phase out all petroleum-based synthetic dyes” in U.S. food products, including regulatory, research, and voluntary initiatives:

  • “Initiating the process to revoke authorization for two synthetic food colorings—Citrus Red No. 2 and Orange B—within the coming months.”
  • “Authorizing four new natural color additives in the coming weeks, while also accelerating the review and approval of others.”
  • “Partnering with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct comprehensive research on how food additives impact children’s health and development.”
  • “Establishing a national standard and timeline for the food industry to transition from petrochemical-based dyes to natural alternatives.”
  • “Working with industry to eliminate six remaining synthetic dyes—FD&C Green No. 3, FD&C Red No. 40, FD&C Yellow No. 5, FD&C Yellow No. 6, FD&C Blue No. 1, and FD&C Blue No. 2—from the food supply by the end of next year.”
  • “Requesting food companies to remove FD&C Red No. 3 sooner than the 2027-2028 deadline previously required.”

On the same day, the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) announced its Healthy Dairy in Schools Commitment, “a voluntary, proactive pledge” to “eliminate the use of Red 3, Red 40, Green 3, Blue 1, Blue 2, Yellow 5, and Yellow 6 in any milk, cheese, and/or yogurt products sold to K-12 schools for reimbursable school meals by July 2026.” See also ALWR—Apr. 1, 2025, “West Virginia Passes Law Prohibiting Food Dyes in School Meals, In-State Sales” and National Agricultural Law Center article, FDA Bans Red Dye No. 3 (Feb. 4, 2025).

International Trade: U.S. Court of International Trade Affirms Commerce Department Finding of Mexican Tomato Dumping
On April 17, 2025, the U.S. Court of International Trade published an opinion affirming the U.S. Department of Commerce’s redetermination that, based on data from March 1995–February 1996, seven Mexican companies had been dumping tomatoes into the U.S. market at inflated margins—four companies with a weighted-average dumping margin of 273%. Bioparques de Occidente, S.A. de C.V. v. U.S., No. 19-00204. According to the International Trade Administration (ITA), “dumping occurs when a foreign producer sells a product in the United States at a price . . . below that producer’s sales price in the country of origin or . . . lower than the cost of production” and the “dumping margin” is “the difference between the price (or cost) in the foreign market and the price in the U.S. market.” Additionally, NatureSweet parent company NS Brands, Ltd. challenged Commerce’s determination “not to initiate a new shipper review or changed circumstances review” as a plaintiff-intervenor,” but the court found that the company did not establish standing. The court’s decision was preceded by a separate announcement from the Department of Commerce imposing a 21% duty on tomatoes from Mexico. See also ALWR—Apr. 22, 2025, “Commerce Department Announces 21% Duty on Tomatoes from Mexico.”

 

___________________________________________________

aglaw.psu.edu | Facebook | Twitter@AgShaleLaw | YouTube | LinkedIn

Pennsylvania Farm Employers’ Listserv: a human resources networking and resource-sharing group exclusively for agricultural operations. To subscribe, send an email to pfel-subscribe-request@lists.psu.edu with “subscribe” in the subject line and any word in the body (to avoid spam filtering).

Understanding Agricultural Law Series. A free monthly Zoom webinar series for agricultural and rural business advisors. One hour of substantive CLE credit available for Pennsylvania-licensed attorneys at no charge. All events on Fridays, noon–1 pm (ET). Upcoming:

National Agricultural Law Center Partner Webinars. Usually held on the third Wednesday of the month, these webinars are freely available to the public and are typically designed to be appropriate for both attorneys and non-attorneys.

Quarterly Dairy Legal Webinar Series. A free quarterly Zoom webinar series covering dairy industry legal and regulatory developments with an in-depth focus topic. One hour of substantive CLE credit available for Pennsylvania-licensed attorneys at no charge. All events on Tuesdays, noon–1 pm (ET). Upcoming:

2025 Agricultural Law Symposium—Save the Date! In-person at Penn State Dickinson Law, Lewis Katz Building, University Park, Pa. This day-long symposium will offer 6 CLE credits to Pennsylvania-licensed attorneys. More information & registration coming soon at link above!

  • September 18, 2025

Podcasts:

Farmland Legal Energy Podcast

The Inflation Reduction Act and Agriculture

An Introduction to Foreign Ownership of Agricultural Land

Resources of Interest:

Nat’l Agric. Law Ctr., Foreign Food Labeling Updates: EU Court of Justice Decisions, Emily Stone (Apr. 22, 2025)

Ohio St. Univ. Ext. Farm Off. Blog, Gifting to Manage Estate Taxes, Robert Moore (Apr. 23, 2025)

STATE ACTIONS—EXECUTIVE & LEGISLATIVE

PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PRESS RELEASES

Ag Secretary Russell Redding Hosts Roundtable in Northampton County to Highlight the Work Pennsylvania Farmers and Food Banks Do to Help Fight Hunger (Apr. 23, 2025)

PENNSYLVANIA EXECUTIVE AGENCIES

(Pa. Bulletin Vol. 55, No. 17—Apr. 26, 2025): 

Department of Environmental Protection

55 Pa.B. 2996 Notice—Application: “The Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law and The Federal Clean Water Act 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. 3072 Notice—Bid Opportunity: “OSM 17(6680)101.1, Abandoned Mine Reclamation Project, Kellytown Southwest 1, Knox Township, Clearfield County.”

55 Pa.B. 3072 Notice: “Laboratory Accreditation Advisory Committee Meeting Cancellation”

55 Pa.B. 3072 Notice—Settlement: “PIOGA, et al. v. DEP, et al.”

PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE

HB 242 “An Act amending the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in tax credits relating to beginning farmers, further providing for scope of article, for definitions, for beginning farmer management tax credit and for approval of tax credit.” Laid on the table. (Apr. 24, 2025)

HB 586 “An Act amending the Solid Waste Management Act (P.L.380, No.97), in general provisions, further providing for definitions and for powers and duties of the department; in applications and permits, further providing for permits and licenses required, transition scheme and reporting requirements and providing for food processing residuals; and imposing penalties.” Laid on the table. (Apr. 23, 2025)

HB 587 “An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for commercial haulers and brokers of animal and food processing residuals; and imposing penalties.” Laid on the table. (Apr. 23, 2025)

HB 1096 “An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, establishing the Pennsylvania Food Bucks Program and the Pennsylvania Food Bucks Program Account; and providing for research on Pennsylvania Food Bucks Program.” Laid on the table. (Apr. 23, 2025)

HB 1157 “An Act amending the Unemployment Compensation Law, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions.” Laid on the table. (Apr. 23, 2025)

HB 501 “An Act amending the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act (P.L.1672, No.213), further providing for definitions; providing for force majeure; further providing for alternative energy portfolio standards, for portfolio requirements in other states, for health and safety standards and for interagency responsibilities; providing for zero emissions credits; and making editorial changes.” Referred to Environmental & Natural Resource Protection. (Apr. 23, 2025)

HB 1277 “An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in plants and plant products, providing for plant and pollinator protection; conferring powers and duties on the Department of Agriculture and Secretary of Agriculture; establishing the Plant and Pollinator Protection Committee and the Plant and Pollinator Protection Account; repealing provisions relating to bees; imposing penalties; and making repeals.” Referred to Agriculture & Rural Affairs. (Apr. 21, 2025)

HB 1132 “An Act amending the Public School Code of 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), in school health services, providing for unhealthy ultra-processed food prohibited in competitive foods.” Referred to Agriculture & Rural Affairs. (Apr. 21, 2025)

HB 1133 “An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in food protection, further providing for misbranding of food.” Referred to Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities. (Apr. 21, 2025)

HB 1134 “An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in food protection, further providing for misbranding of food.” Referred to Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities. (Apr. 21, 2025)

HB 1135 “An Act amending the Pennsylvania Pesticide Control Act of 1973 (P.L.90, No.24), providing for prohibited pesticides.” Referred to Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities. (Apr. 21, 2025)

HB 1260 “An Act providing for solar-ready projects involving a warehouse or distribution center; authorizing tax exemptions and special tax provisions; imposing duties on the Department of Environmental Protection; and imposing penalties.” Referred to Energy. (Apr. 21, 2025)

FEDERAL ACTIONS—EXECUTIVE & LEGISLATIVE

U.S. ENVIROMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Haskell Indian Nations University Joins Federal Air Monitoring Network, Hosts EPA Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony (Apr. 24, 2025)

EPA Celebrates Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Projects for Excellence and Innovation (Apr. 24, 2025)

EPA Reaches Settlement with Nalco Production and Nalco Co. for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations in Chicago (Apr. 23, 2025)

EPA Reaches Settlement with Phoenix Global for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations in Burns Harbor, Indiana (Apr. 23, 2025)

EPA Reaches $112,000 Settlement with Miller Waste Mills in Winona, Minnesota, to Resolve Chemical Data Violations (Apr. 23, 2025)

EPA Reaches Settlement with Carmeuse Lime for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations in Bettsville, Ohio (Apr. 23, 2025)

Companies and President Operating Oregon Wood Treatment Facility to Pay $1.5M in Criminal Fines for Hazardous Waste and Air Pollution Charges (Apr. 23, 2025)

U.S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) PRESS RELEASES 

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins Demands Mexico Cooperate to Protect U.S. Agricultural Products from Invasive Pests; Threatens Port Closures (Apr. 26, 2025)

USDA Ensures Illegal Aliens Do Not Receive Federal Benefits (Apr. 24, 2025)

Secretary Rollins, Secretary Wright, and Administrator Zeldin Visit Oklahoma to Highlight Trump Administration Efforts to Unleash American Energy (Apr. 24, 2025)

Secretary Rollins Joined Senator Hoeven in North Dakota, Met with Ag Leaders, Announced Rural Development Disaster Assistance (Apr. 22, 2025)

Secretary Rollins Applauds Dairy Industry Voluntarily Removing Artificial Colors from National School Lunch Program (Apr. 22, 2025)

USDA Delivers Immediate Relief to Farmers, Ranchers and Rural Communities Impacted by Recent Disasters (Apr. 22, 2025)

USDA AGENCY PRESS RELEASES:

Economic Research Service

Assessing the Recent Shift in the Price Relationship Between India’s and Global Grain Markets (Apr. 24, 2025)

Evaluating the Impacts of Projected Yield Changes on India’s Wheat and Rice Markets (Apr. 22, 2025)

Farm Service Agency

USDA Offers Farm Loans for Beginning Farmers (Apr. 24, 2025)

USDA Designates Arizona as Primary Natural Disaster Areas for Drought (Apr. 24, 2025)

USDA Designates Arizona as Primary and California Contiguous Natural Disaster Areas for Drought (Apr. 24, 2025)

USDA Announces Availability of Low-Interest Physical Loss Loans for Producers Affected by High Winds, Severe Storms, and Tornadoes (Apr. 23, 2025)

USDA Announces Availability of Low-Interest Physical Loss Loans for Producers Affected by Natural Disasters (Apr. 23, 2025)

USDA Designates 6 New Mexico Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas for Drought (Apr. 23, 2025)

Federal Emergency Management Agency Designates Counties in Kentucky as Natural Disaster Areas due to Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides with Assistance Available for Two Contiguous Counties in Tennessee (Apr. 22, 2025)

USDA Designates 4 New Jersey Counties as Natural Disaster Areas (Apr. 21, 2025)

Food Safety and Inspection Service

Special Alert: Constituent Update—April 24, 2025 (Apr. 24, 2025)

Foreign Agricultural Service

Export Sales to Mexico (Apr. 25, 2025)

Additional FY 2025 Funds Available for Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM-102) (Apr. 23, 2025)

National Agricultural Statistics Service

USDA releases Census of Agriculture data results for American Samoa, Guam (Apr. 24, 2025)

National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Protective Clothing for Wildland Firefighters (Apr. 21, 2025)

Natural Resources Conservation Service

Bison, Burgers and Best Management Practices (Apr. 24, 2025)

NRCS Watershed Programs At Work (Apr. 23, 2025)

Rural Development

USDA Delivers Immediate Relief to Farmers, Ranchers and Rural Communities Impacted by Recent Disasters (Apr. 22, 2025)

USDA Office of Inspector General

Agricultural Research Service Northeast Area Facility’s Condition and Security (Apr. 22, 2025)

FEDERAL EXECUTIVE AGENCIES (Federal Register—Apr. 20–26, 2025):

Agriculture Department

90 FR 17367 Notice: “Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request: Regulations and Related Reporting and Recording Requirements—FTPP, Packers and Stockyards Division.” (Apr. 25, 2025)

90 FR 17366 Notice: “Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request: USDA Farmers Market Application.” (Apr. 25, 2025)

90 FR 17367 Notice: “Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request: USDA Web Based Supply Chain Management System (WBSCM).” (Apr. 25, 2025)

90 FR 17368 Notice: “Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request: USDA Farmers Market Application” (Apr. 25, 2025)

90 FR 17240 Notice: “Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: 2008 Farm Bill Provisions on Clarification of Split Issuance; Accrual of Benefits and Definition Changes.” (Apr. 24, 2025)

Agricultural Marketing Service

90 FR 17364 Notice: “Certification of Delegated Authority for Virginia and Wisconsin and Designation Awards for the Geographic Areas of Evansville, Indiana; Lower Northwest Texas; Marshall, Michigan; Pocatello, Idaho; Southeast Texas; Virginia; and West Sacramento, California” (Apr. 25, 2025)

90 FR 16997 Final Rule: “Reauthorization of Dairy Forward Pricing Program” (Apr. 23, 2025)

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

90 FR 17028 Notice: “Notice of Decision to Authorize the Importation of Fresh Rhizomes of Wasabi from Indonesia into the United States” (Apr. 23, 2025)

Food Safety and Inspection Service

90 FR 17344 Proposed Rule—Withdrawal: “Salmonella Framework for Raw Poultry Products” (Apr. 25, 2025)

90 FR 16639 Final Rule: “Removal of Voluntary Ante-Mortem Inspection Regulations for Horses Vacated by Court” (Apr. 21, 2025)

Forest Service

90 FR 17029 Notice of Meeting: “Northeast Oregon Forests Resource Advisory Committee” (Apr. 23, 2025)

90 FR 16864 Notice of Meeting: “Sabine Resource Advisory Committee” (Apr. 22, 2025)

Environmental Protection Agency

90 FR 16874 Notice of Data Availability: “Final Allocations of Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Allowances from New Unit Set-Asides for 2024 Control Periods” (Apr. 22, 2025)

90 FR 16677 Notice—Comment Period: “National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) 2026 Issuance of the Multi-Sector General Permit for Stormwater Discharges Associated with Industrial Activity; Reopening of Comment Period” (Apr. 21, 2025)

U.S. HOUSE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE: 

H.R.3024 “To provide for the issuance of a semipostal to benefit programs that combat invasive species.” Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture. (Apr. 24, 2025)

H.R.3003 “To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to rescind a memorandum of understanding related to wildlife damage management, and for other purposes.” Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources. (Apr. 24, 2025)

H.R.3001 “To advance commonsense priorities.” Referred to the Committee on Agriculture. (Apr. 24, 2025)

H.R.2983 “To compensate victims of theft of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits, and for other purposes.” Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. (Apr. 24, 2025)

H.R.528 “Post-Disaster Reforestation and Restoration Act of 2025” Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. (Apr. 23, 2025)

H.R.2974 “To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exempt workforce training dollars as income for supplemental nutrition assistance program beneficiaries.” Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. (Apr. 21, 2025)

H.R.2709 “Save Our Sequoias Act” Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture. (Apr. 18, 2025)

H.R.2638 “Women in Agriculture Act” Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology. (Apr. 18, 2025)

H.R.2626 “PIGS Act of 2025” Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. (Apr. 18, 2025)

H.R.2536 “New Producer Economic Security Act” Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit. (Apr. 18, 2025)

H.R.2512 “Hot Foods Act of 2025” Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture. (Apr. 18, 2025)

H.R.2496 “Dairy Nutrition Incentive Program Act of 2025” Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. (Apr. 18, 2025)

H.R.2489 “Hunger-Free Future Act of 2025” Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture. (Apr. 18, 2025)

H.R.2473 “Healthy Food Access for All Americans Act” Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture. (Apr. 18, 2025)

H.R.2435 “Save Our Small Farms Act of 2025” Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit. (Apr. 18, 2025)

H.R.2407 “SNAP Reform and Upward Mobility Act of 2025” Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture. (Apr. 18, 2025)

H.R.2396 “Honor Farmer Contracts Act” Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit. (Apr. 18, 2025)

H.R.2379 “Farmers’ Market Expansion Act of 2025” Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture. (Apr. 18, 2025)

H.R.2357 “Food Secure Strikers Act of 2025” Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture. (Apr. 18, 2025)

H.R.2326 “Dietary Guidelines Reform Act of 2025” Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture. (Apr. 18, 2025)

H.R.2307 “To establish the Commission on National Agricultural Statistics Service Modernization to modernize the data collection and reporting processes of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, and for other purposes.” Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology. (Apr. 18, 2025)

H.R.2301 “To promote the development of renewable energy on public land, and for other purposes.” Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development. (Apr. 18, 2025)
H.R.2238 “Ranching Without Red Tape Act of 2025” Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. (Apr. 18, 2025)

H.R.2236 “Healthy Foods for Native Seniors Act” Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture. (Apr. 18, 2025)

H.R.2235 “Habitat Connectivity on Working Lands Act of 2025” Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology. (Apr. 18, 2025)

H.R.2185 “Mink VIRUS Act” Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. (Apr. 18, 2025)

H.J.Res.90 “Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission relating to “Commission Guidance Regarding the Listing of Voluntary Carbon Credit Derivative Contracts”.” Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development. (Apr. 18, 2025)

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

No current actions.

Agriculture-Related Legislative Hearings & Reports

No upcoming actions.

 

Contributors:
Audry Thompson—Staff Attorney
Riley Amdor—Research Assistant
Victoria Dutterer—Research Assistant