With Republicans and Democrats firmly entrenched in their positions, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) says that the sides need to soften their stances and work on compromise to complete a new five-year farm bill in 2024.
Grassley says that the current stalemate cannot continue if both sides want to see a new five-year farm bill.
Grassley joined House conservative Chip Roy of Texas in a letter to House and Senate leaders stressing the need to pass a five-year farm bill.
He also wants to include a return of SNAP to its pre-pandemic levels, limiting farm payments to only actively engaged producers, reining in CCC spending discretion, and foreign ownership of U.S. farmland.
Grassley also backs a move by the House to reinstate whole milk which was removed from the school lunch program in 2012. The Senate also has a similar bill.
As the farm bill discussion continues Grassley says he agrees with a push by Washington State Rep. Dan Newhouse to limit states’ power to regulate pesticide labels beyond EPA’s rules. The Senator argues only the federal government and Congress can regulate interstate commerce.
