House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA) says the One Big Beautiful Bill passed by Congress Thursday is a “game-changer for America.” “The One Big Beautiful Bill is a victory for rural America, making the largest investment in agriculture in decades, restoring integrity to SNAP, and saving millions of family farms from the death tax. This bill gives …
New Study Shows Economic Power of U.S. Corn
A new study released by the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) shows corn farming is a major engine for the U.S. economy, generating $123 billion in total economic output last year, with an estimated contribution of $50 billion to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). In 2024, U.S. corn farmers produced 14.9 billion bushels of corn for grain valued at $64.7 …