Senate GOP Farm Bill Plan With Pricing Focus Expected This Month

Senate Agriculture ranking member John Boozman (R-Ark.) intends to release a framework this month detailing Republican farm bill priorities, three Republican aides told Bloomberg Government

• Framework proposes increase in reference prices and support for commodity crops, congressional aides, who spoke under condition of anonymity to discuss plans that aren’t public, said
• Republican Senate measure isn’t expected to include spending limits for the Commodity Credit Corporation proposed by the GOP-controlled House because of Democratic control over the Senate Budget Committee
• Senate Agriculture Chair Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) hasn’t indicated draft bill text timing after she introduced a farm bill framework in May ...