But if it doesn’t pass, it could be worse.
Senate Ag Chair Debbie Stabenow has rolled up her sleeves to find balance nd introduced a new versi . Stabenow says, “The foundation of every successful Farm Bill is built on holding together the broad, bipartisan Farm Bill Coalition.”
Republicans in the House have stopped the Bill’s passage for almost two years now. They w t to cut feeding, e.g., school lunch, SNAP, WIC, and other programs by 20%; stop all things related to climate change and related practices to build back land that no longer holds water very well due to overuse of chemicals; and raise crop reference prices.
The reference prices do need to be raised, but raising prices without a thorough review of the agri-economics behind crop insurance products, many of which are outdated, and stopping the push for regenerative growing practices is a risky plan for farmers.
The Farm Bill expired on September 30th, 2013. So now all farm funding actions are patchwork operations.