By Chris Clayton
DTN
The U.S. Senate broke a 41-day long stalemate on Monday evening by passing a funding bill to end the longest partial government shutdown in history.
The Senate bill would fully fund USDA through the 2026 fiscal year. The bill also extends programs under the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (commonly known as the 2018 farm bill) until at least Sept. 30, 2026. That would give the House and Senate Agriculture committees more time to try again to complete the rest of the farm bill.