A House Appropriations subcommittee is proposing more cuts to the USDA’s budget.
During Tuesday’s markup of the 2025 budget, Ranking Member Sanford Bishop stressed the need to better fund the Economic Research Service and National Agricultural Statistics Service.
“This year, NASS was unable to complete several important surveys, including the July Cattle, Cotton Objective yield, and the County Level Estimate Surveys because of insufficient funding,” he says. “I’m afraid that this bill will prevent the agency from reinstating these.
