Morning Briefing

Politico examines the implications of the Senate's draft farm bill on the maritime industry, noting the industry "makes much of its money on foreign-aid shipments, courtesy of the Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Agency for International Development," and writing, "The Senate's farm bill extends [Food for Peace, the largest international food-aid program] for the next five years but pulls $40 million a year from shipments to go toward cash grants and the purchase of food in local markets." The news service adds, "The success of the industry lies in the continued authorization of these programs with the farm bill looming before the Senate this week."