The Republican Governors Affiliation (RGA) known as on congressional leaders Monday to not move a one-year extension of the 2018 Farm Invoice relatively than a brand new bundle because the December deadline looms.
The Home GOP reportedly plans to proceed with plans to increase the present regulation relatively than move a brand new one. In November, management rejected a Senate proposal, and Republicans and Democrats have lengthy been deadlocked on points resembling reference costs, the subsidies paid when sure crops drop beneath a value threshold, and the Supplemental Dietary Help Program (SNAP).
The Farm Invoice, shorthand for the omnibus invoice that underpins SNAP and the farming sector, is handed in five-year increments, however Congress handed a one-year extension in 2023 as nicely.
Within the letter, the RGA warned that the 2018 regulation won’t meet the wants of the 2024 agricultural sector.
“Since the expiration of the latest Farm Bill, conditions have dramatically changed; another year-long extension will leave farmers working under an outdated plan as they continue to face evolving challenges in today’s agricultural landscape,” they wrote. “Our nation’s agriculture industry is in trouble and if meaningful support is not provided soon, the well-being of the nation is at risk. Reauthorization of a Farm Bill and immediate assistance in the interim, will allow farmers and ranchers to do what they do best — provide for America and feed the world.”
The GOP-controlled Home handed its Farm Invoice out of committee earlier this 12 months, whereas Senate textual content from Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) was solely accomplished in November. Members of the Home Republican caucus have declined to take up the Senate textual content, which Home Agriculture Chair GT Thompson (R-Pa.) dismissed as “legacy protection” for Stabenow, who’s retiring in 2025.
The letter comes the identical day Punchbowl reported that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) plans to connect an extension to a stopgap spending invoice to fund the federal authorities. The Hill has reached out to Johnson’s workplace for remark.
