As frustrations continue to mount over partisan farm bill gridlock in Washington D.C., ag advocates and groups are voicing their concerns. If there is no agreement on a new five-year farm bill this year, another one-year extension of the 2018 farm bill will again take the place of an updated and modernized bill.
The American Farm Bureau and more than 500 other ag groups recently combined to send a letter to Congressional leaders calling for the passage of a new, modernized farm bill. The groups signing the letter represent agriculture, nutrition, conservation, the environment, rural development, and several other economic sectors.
United States Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) says that while a new farm bill is needed to help farmers financially, a sense of urgency is lacking in Washington D.C. to pass a new bill.
Grassley says that another one-year extension of the 2018 farm bill will lead to more sectors of the ag community voicing their frustrations.
Grassley says that when it comes to critical ag issues, there is a history of lag time between problems in agriculture and solutions being provided by Congress.
Senator Grassley made his comments on Wednesday during his weekly ag conference call with farm broadcasters and reporters.
