Progress Of 2024 Farm Bill. In may 2024, gt thompson, the house republican chair of the agriculture committee, and debbie stabenow, the democratic chair of the senate agriculture. It's been eight months since the 2018 farm bill expired and there is only five months left on the extension.
John newton, former senate ag committee economist and now executive head at terrain, shares what will move the farm bill out of the senate ag committee and toward finalization. If a new farm bill is to be finished in 2024, there seemingly will need to be substantial progress and likely substantial compromise in the first half of the year before the campaign for this fallโs general election consumes all of the attention.