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WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Mandatory country-of-origin labeling (MCOOL) for beef secured a key victory during the Senate Agriculture Committee's farm bill markup, passing 17-6 in a bipartisan vote. However, committee Chairman John Boozman, R-Ark., said completing a farm bill before the election would be a "miracle," adding that the path forward could become more difficult after November.

A bipartisan beef labeling vote advances in the Senate, but Chairman John Boozman called completing a farm bill before the election a "miracle" as negotiations remain unresolved. Although lawmakers agreed on several farm policy priorities, the Senate Agriculture Committee failed to advance the farm bill, 10-11, sending the fight over a two-year SNAP cost-share delay into September while the manager's amendment and MCOOL passed.

WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The Senate Agriculture Committee's final farm bill markup vote failed Thursday, 10-11, leaving discussions open until the committee returns after the Senate's September recess. Most amendments were decided on 12-11 party-line votes, favoring Republicans. While many farm policy provisions enjoyed bipartisan support, disagreements over SNAP kept members voting with their parties, defeating most Democratic amendments and leaving no path for the farm bill to move forward in August.

This article was originally published at 1:37 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, Aug. 5. It was last updated with additional information at 2:29 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, Aug. 5. ** WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The Senate Agriculture Committee's farm bill markup Thursday is expected to revive many of the debates that have simmered beneath weeks of bipartisan negotiations. Among the amendments filed are a mandatory country-of-origin labeling (MCOOL) proposal from Sen.

LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- USDA has until Jan. 1, 2028, to rewrite a genetically engineered foods labeling rule after a federal court in California this week clarified the timeline to a new rulemaking. USDA's biotech labeling rule was developed in response to a 2016 federal law that for the first time required GE foods to be labeled. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 2025 reversed the U.S. District Court for the District of Northern California.

LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The average retail price of most fertilizers continued to fall in the final week of July, as five of eight nutrients tracked by DTN were lower than the previous month. The average price of three fertilizers dropped significantly compared to a month ago, led by UAN32. DTN designates a significant move as anything 5% or more. The price of UAN32 dropped by 14% month over month to an average price of $459 per ton.

ELBA, New York (DTN) -- Christian Yunker has relied on H-2A workers on his western New York vegetable, grain and turfgrass farm for 15 years. Many of his workers come from South Africa, where experienced operators travel to the U.S. for seasonal farm work and obtain commercial driver's licenses (CDLs) in the country.

MORGAN, Minn. (DTN) -- Farmers will get a two-month reprieve on their crop insurance premiums this year and USDA will also reinstate prevented planting buy-up coverage as well, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced Tuesday. Rollins spent Tuesday morning at the Farmfest show in south-central Minnesota, making announcements on crop insurance and detailing USDA's plans to modernize and improve data collection for crop reports.

This article was originally published at 3:04 p.m. CDT on Monday, Aug. 3. It was last updated with additional information at 3:42 p.m. CDT on Monday, Aug. 3. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn condition ratings continued to decline for a second consecutive week as good-to-excellent ratings fell, while soybean ratings held steady, according to USDA NASS's weekly Crop Progress report released Monday.

LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- A group of four state agencies that need Hansen-Mueller Company to turn over documents necessary to pay farmers out of state bonding funds and to continue unresolved investigations into the Omaha-based company's failure filed a motion in federal bankruptcy court in Nebraska to compel the release of the information.