By Natalie Willis, Reporter, Valley Ag Voice
The 2018 Farm Bill expired, for the first time, over 400 days ago. After a year-long extension, the bill expired again on Sept. 30, 2024, due to budget constraints and differing policy priorities.
While the House Agriculture Committee released a bipartisan-supported version of the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024 in May, the bill has been stalled for months due to disagreements on SNAP, climate change, crop subsidy spending, and other contentious issues.
Now, with the election in the rearview, lawmakers entered a lame-duck session on Nov. 12 to discuss lingering issues before government funding runs out next month and the new Congress is ushered in. However, with the GOP securing its House majority and winning the Senate and presidency, the farm bill may be postponed to the new year.
