By Carah Hart (Brownfield)
The two leaders of the U.S. Senate Ag Committee say discussions continue to find a compromise on a bipartisan farm bill that can pass this year.
In the ag committee’s first hearing of the lame duck session, Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar from Minnesota said nutrition is one of the issues that need to be addressed.
“Resolving the initial two years of the SNAP cost shifts to states,” she says. “We know that with the cost of groceries and other things that this would be a very difficult situation and we’re not going to go into the mid-level air raid states but the way this was set up there’s a reason that we want to get it fixed.”
She said nationwide, year-round E15, along with funding for popular USDA conservation programs should be included.
“I hope we can find a compromise that will return the farm bill to a bipartisan process and bring the votes that we need to get it over the finish line. “
Chairman John Boozman from Arkansas said he remains committed to working with Klobuchar and their House counterparts to get a farm bill across the finish line.
