Good afternoon, and welcome back to this week’s farm brief.
Portions of the farm bill may end up in the budget legislation Republican congressional leaders are crafting to enact a host of President Donald Trump’s policy goals. GOP members of the Senate and House Agriculture Committees told Bloomberg Government this week they’re considering updating certain farm programs using the reconciliation process, even as lawmakers have yet to settle on overall targets to curtail spending.
Boosting farm subsidies under Title One of the farm bill—such as commodity crop reference prices that trigger government payments to farmers—are on the table, House Agriculture ...