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US House passes agriculture appropriations bill with more funding for Office of Seafood

June 10, 2026 — Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives included another year’s worth of money for the new Office of Seafood within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in a fiscal year 2027 appropriations bill funding the department, along with other seafood provisions.

The bill includes several of the priorities and stipulations outlined in the fiscal year 2026 agriculture appropriations legislation, which was passed by Congress in November 2025 following a multi-week shutdown of the federal government.

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NORTH CAROLINA: U.S. agriculture secretary talks labor costs with Craven County farmers

June 2, 2026 — The U.S. secretary of agriculture and the acting secretary of labor visited Craven County today to speak with farmers about their concerns.

Officials held a roundtable at David Parker Farms, where local farmers raised concerns about labor costs.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins said multiple factors affect labor costs.

“Farm economy is struggling. The cost of inputs obviously skyrocketed under the last administration, and they were coming down. The Iranian conflict has caused a short blip in the increase, but this blip is coming during planting season, which is not ideal, so making sure we understand that, but also building for the long term,” Rollins said.

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