Morning Agriculture

New: Inside a testy meeting between top USDA official and House Ag members about the department's sweeping reorganization plans Dems told us today's closed-door meeting didn't address their concerns with @rachel_shin_ subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026/0…

NEW: Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has subjected USDA workers to “government-sponsored religious coercion” with messages that promote her own Christian beliefs and violate the First Amendment, federal employees alleged in a lawsuit on Wednesday. politico.com/news/2026/05/1…

🍗 House adopts farm bill amendment that would allow SNAP participants to buy hot rotisserie chicken with their benefits in 384-35 vote @CongressmanGT warned last night the amendment could be a "slippery slope" and Dems argued that it should be applied to all hot food

Just now: The House has stripped pesticide language from farm bill via amendment from @realannapaulina 280-142 Major win for MAHA advocates despite intense whipping efforts from farm state Rs politico.com/live-updates/2…

GOP Reps @NancyMace, @RepLuna and others are demanding Republican leaders allow votes on amendments to strip out this pesticide provision — something leaders need to navigate for the rule vote

NEW: USDA Sec. Brooke Rollins is weighing reviving a Biden-era program designed to juice domestic fertilizer production amid the fallout from the war in Iran.

NEW: House GOP leadership is starting to whip the GOP-led farm bill set for the floor next week — amid a politically toxic fight with MAHA over pesticide and prop 12 provisions A whip notice sent to House Republicans tonight says the bill “restores regulatory certainty in the interstate marketplace” - in a reference to those fights Leadership will start actively whipping bill on the floor during 3pm votes tomorrow more w/ @YarrowGrace politico.com/live-updates/2… via @politico

Scoop: House Republicans are looking to bring their farm bill for a floor vote the last week of April, per four people That timing is still fluid and could be bumped to May The GOP-led farm bill advanced out of committee in March in a 34-17 vote politico.com/live-updates/2…

News: Farm state Rs are increasingly concerned their $15-17 bil farm aid package has no path forward There’s no clear vehicle or political will to get it done, per people close to talks, despite Trump’s call for more aid for farmers subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026/0…

NEW: In a new poll, @politico asked people what defined the Make America Healthy Again movement, who is in it and how much support the movement's ideas have in the general public. The results may surprise you ⤵️ Story w/ Kelly Hooper

Nine people have been sickened in an E. coli outbreak linked to Raw Farm dairy. But Raw Farm, which is a favored raw milk purveyor of RFK Jr., is refusing to a voluntary recall, arguing the FDA hasn't provided enough evidence its products are to blame. @Gardner_LM @politico

NEW: RFK Jr. brought new voters into Trump's 2024 coalition. But a new @politico poll finds that MAHA doesn't think Kennedy or Trump has done enough to make America healthy. That could help sway the midterms. @AliceOllstein @erinpdoherty @carmenpaun Story-->

Trump weighs in on farm bill (!)

This St. Patrick’s Day, the international alcohol industry is fighting for lower tariffs. “It's disrupted distribution. It's resulted in weaker shelf presence, and in some shelves, no presence at all,” American Whiskey Association CEO Michael Bilello said.

News: top farm groups implored fertilizer execs to ask Trump admin to remove fertiziler duties Iran war is driving up fertilizer prices ahead of spring planting season @SecRollins today: “We are very close to having an announcement on some solutions” subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026/0…

Just now: House Ag Republicans stood by farm bill’s pesticide labeling provision despite pressure from MAHA advocates All Rs + Dem Rep. Adam Gray voted to keep the language in the package Adds further strain to MAGA-MAHA alliance subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026/0…

JUST NOW: House Agriculture Committee advances 34-17 GOP-led farm bill with all Republicans and 7 Democrats after ~22-hour markup

Some Republicans vying to represent rural voters say support for data centers is sending the wrong message at a time when deep-red rural America is already being buffeted by Trump’s tariff agenda and the high cost of living read @politico: politico.com/news/2026/03/0…

Today in @Morning_Ag: 🍞Dems are making food & ag monopolies a centerpiece of their affordability pitch ahead of the midterms (again). 📂USDA announced a new filing system for farmers via a multi-million dollar contract with Palantir. 🐔Bird flu in PA is bad right now.

Scoop: @SecRollins’ former chief of staff is eyeing a run in NY-22, per 5 ppl Kailee Tkacz Buller left USDA last week. Dem Rep. John Mannion currently represents the district subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026/0…