"Top Ag Republican Offers Bleak Prognosis For Farm Bill" [1]
"Sen. John Boozman said extending the 2018 farm bill would be better than a new bill without meaningful changes."
"Congress might be better off leaving an already overdue five-year farm bill unfinished in 2024, Arkansas Republican Sen. John Boozman said Tuesday.
At a forum sponsored by POLITICO at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Boozman — the top Republican on the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee — said extending the 2018 farm bill for the second year in a row would be preferable to passing a bill without significant changes in policy.
“We simply have to reset the safety net,” Boozman said in a discussion with House Agriculture Chair Glenn “G.T.” Thompson (R-Pa.), citing the effects of inflation and other economic stresses in farm country since the 2018 legislation."