As it turns out, Farm Brief readers, six weeks on the campaign trail and the prospect of a Republican trifecta next year hasn’t yielded the farm bill progress lawmakers and farmers were hoping for.
Staff-level farm bill negotiations over the legislation’s major political pain points didn’t significantly progress during recess, House Agriculture Chair
“It sounded promising going into October,” Thompson said. “Unfortunately, the rest of the discussions were almost wasting the entire month debating how to debate.”
He emphasized the need to obtain a deal in short order, even with the increased ...