Congress adopted the ban on hemp products such as delta-8 THC and THCA as part of an appropriations bill that ended the 2025 ...

Rep. James Baird introduced the bill, which calls for an amendment to the federal spending bill that was signed late last ...

Advocates will likely have to lobby for other legislation to advance their goals, write Christopher Neubert and Kathleen ...

Animal-welfare and farm advocacy groups say a bill moving through Congress could limit Ohio’s ability to regulate how farm animals are raised, even if voters or lawmakers choose to act in the future.

The 2018 farm bill expired at the end of the fiscal year again, after having been extended twice by Congress. This year, Sept. 30 came and went without much fanfare on the farm bill front. In part, ...

Officially, the 2018 farm bill expired on October 1, 2023. Due to their inability to muster a bipartisan coalition to make needed changes in a new farm bill, Congress instead opted to extend the 2018 ...

Now that President Donald Trump’s Once Big Beautiful Bill has been signed into law, the next priority of ag advocates is getting a “skinny” farm bill passed. The existing 2018 farm bill has already ...

A new stopgap spending bill to reopen the government also extends key Farm Bill programs for one year—covering the provisions left out of July’s budget package. While the Senate waits on the House to ...

President Donald Trump signs his signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts at the White House, July 4, 2025, in Washington, surrounded by members of Congress. (AP Photo / Julia Demaree Nikhinson, ...