North Dakota Farmers Union members are pressing Congress in Washington, D.C., to pass a farm bill addressing the economic pressures facing family farmers and ranchers. North Dakota Farmers Union President Matt Perdue said USDA projects net farm income and net cash farm income could decrease by as much as $9.1 billion this year, compared with a $4.6 billion decrease in 2025. He said higher forecast corn and soybean prices may be offset by input costs expected to rise 4.5%. The delegation is calling for stronger enforcement of the Packers and Stockyards Act, reinstatement of mandatory country-of-origin labeling for beef, year-round nationwide E15 sales and funding for local and regional food systems. The House has passed its farm-bill version, but the legislation is stalled in the Senate Agriculture Committee after a markup repeatedly tied along party lines. The dispute includes a One Big Beautiful Act provision requiring states with SNAP payment error rates above 6% to pay part of the program's costs. Republican Senator Mitch McConnell did not vote while recovering at home after a fall and treatment for pneumonia.