Senate, House Committees Release Previews of Farm Bill

Published on May 2, 2024

The Senate and House that deal with agriculture issues released on May 1 an outline of their proposals ahead of drafting legislation dealing with agriculture, food stamp, and conservation issues. The House Agriculture Committee and the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee have to markup what is called the “Farm Bill.” The former is scheduled to do so on May 23, while no date has been set on the latter’s end. No bills have been released from either committee. The current farm bill, which was passed in 2018, expires on Sept. 30. The final legislation would renew the farm bill for another five years. The 2018 farm bill expired on Sept. 30, 2023, and Congress extended it for another year....

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