A bipartisan group of 27 attorneys general have joined in a letter calling on Congress to pass right-to-repair legislation for agricultural equipment, automobiles and digital consumer goods.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that beginning in April it will provide approximately $123 million in additional, automatic financial assistance for qualifying farm loan program borrowers who are facing financial risk, as part of the $3.1 billion to help distressed farm loan borrowers that was provided through Section 22006 of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy called on President Joe Biden agree to tighten welfare program work requirements, raising the stakes on an issue that could trip up a new farm bill.

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) is calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack to continue blocking Paraguay from importing beef to the U.S. in response to USDA releasing a proposed rule that would grant access to Paraguayan beef imports.