Farm Bill
“This is not going to be a Schoolhouse Rock type of, you know, ‘I’m just a bill on Capitol Hill’ going through all the steps that we’ve all learned about in government classes back when we were kids.”
“There’s actually more continuity on agricultural policy than you might think in terms of looking at the headlines from the two political parties”
“The bottom line is for agriculture is food security is economic and national security”
From a $32 billion projected trade deficit to a drafted Farm Bill working in a deficit, here are the headlines most important to Rural Americans in June 2024.
Chances of Congress passing a Farm Bill in 2024 are unlikely, according to top Senate ag lawmaker Sen. Chuck Grassley, and 70% of congressional staffers surveyed.
