Farm Bill
Lawmakers have until September 30 to shore up federal spending for next year, or risk a government shutdown. The Farm Bill is also set to expire the same day.
“I’ll say first and foremost, we need to make sure that the crop insurance system is not conflicting with these good farming practices.”
“There is no free trade without fair trade!”
Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins told RFD-TV’s Kirbe Schnoor that the Farm Bill is an important piece of legislation and one that she feels “really good about.”
“There is a lot of financial uncertainty on the farms right now.”
“We need something to happen!”
“We just want to make sure a Farm Bill doesn’t fall off the radar screen.”
“Top of mind across all of agriculture is to see a Farm Bill get across the finish line.”
“Now, we don’t know if income is dependent on a trade issue, and extra payment or disaster... or any number of things that we used to not have as high on the list of potential problems.”
“I’m optimistic that we will be able to get some good legislation in the Farm Bill.”
“I think there’s a lot of embarrassment that the Farm Bill didn’t get done when it should have last year...”