Good afternoon, and welcome back to this week’s Farm Brief.
Republicans, including some with more than a fifth of their constituents relying on food aid, this week backed a proposal expected to cut as much as $230 billion over 10 years from the nutrition program for low-income recipients. Also detailed in this issue: the Trump administration’s new bird flu strategy, renewed efforts to block China’s farmland purchases, and a warning from Canada on impending tariffs .
Members of the House advanced a budget resolution (