A House panel Thursday approved a spending plan for fiscal 2027 that would cut programs at the Department of Agriculture while averting the Trump administration’s goals for still deeper reductions.
On a party-line vote of 10-7, the Republican-led Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee agreed to send the annual spending bill to the full Appropriations Committee, which could consider it as soon as next week.
The measure would provide $26.3 billion in discretionary spending, around $22 billion of which would be for USDA, with the remainder for related agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration. USDA would see a 4 percent decline compared to this year, with the overall bill representing a cut of less than 2 percent, according to the subcommittee.
Subcommittee Chair Andy Harris (R-Md.) said the bill refocuses priorities on farmers and adheres to the Trump administration’s farmer-first agenda, while scaling back spending in light of budget deficits.
