Colorado River Basin Management and SNAP Changes Proposed
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.
**Time is running out for the seven states in the Colorado River Basin to reach a deal for managing the over-tapped river.
Current guidelines and drought contingency plans for the river expire at the end of next year, and negotiators have until Nov. 11 to reach a new agreement or risk federal intervention.
The Colorado supplies water and hydropower to 40 million people and irrigates more than 5 million acres of farmland.
##Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the USDA will provide more than $531 million in Congressionally approved recovery assistance to Georgia ag producers.
The funding is provided through a block grant agreement with the Georgia Department of Agriculture to help producers recover from Hurricane Helene.
Rollins says Georgia’s farmers and ranchers were hit hard and suffered significant economic losses. We’re working closely with the State of Georgia to provide the needed relief.
**Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the USDA is proposing changes to strengthen the stocking requirements for retailers participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
The changes would protect the program, participants, and taxpayers by mitigating fraud, waste, and abuse and ensuring healthy food options for recipient families.
Rollins says the bar for stocking food as a SNAP retailer is too low, allowing people to game the system and leaving vulnerable Americans without healthy food options.
**During August, the 24 major milk-producing states produced 18.8 billion pounds, up 3.3% from August 2024.
Production per cow averaged 2,068 pounds for August, 28 pounds above last August.
The number of milk cows on farms in the 24 states was 9.08 million head, 172,000 more than in August 2024, and 7,000 head above July 2025.
U.S. egg production totaled 8.9 billion eggs in August 2025, down 2% from 2024.
