Headline : FY25 Agriculture Spending Bills: What You Need to Know

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Supporting the economic and environmental sustainability of agriculture, natural resources, and rural communities.

On July 11, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill with unanimous, bipartisan agreement. The Senate Appropriations Committee skipped subcommittee markup this fiscal year, and the full committee’s unanimous approval took less than 10 minutes (59:00 – 1:07:54). This outcome in the Senate stands in contrast to what transpired in the House Appropriations Committee just a day earlier: a roughly two hour long markup (9:51:00 – 11:54:55) that – while significantly shorter than last year’s eight plus hour partisan grind – still resulted in the Committee approving the House’s FY25 Agriculture spending bill along party lines.

At a high level, the Senate bill sets FY25 Agriculture spending at $27 billion, an $821 million increase over FY24. This increase is primarily directed toward the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program, although there are significant funding increases for agricultural research, rental assistance, and conservation programs. The bill also includes a $1 million increase over FY24 for enforcement of the Packers and Stockyards Act.

Meanwhile, the House bill sets FY25 Agriculture spending at $25.9 billion, which is $355 million below FY24 levels. In addition, the bill includes harmful policy riders that would prevent implementation of three rules designed to promote fair competition for livestock farmers under the Packers and Stockyards Act, as well as any similar rulemaking effort (Section 729), and prevents any funding for efforts related to Executive Order 13985, which looks to advance racial equity and support for underserved communities through the USDA (Sec. 755).

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