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Farm bill has bumpy road ahead
Dec 20, 2017, 11:42 AM
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A farm policy specialist questions if a farm bill will be passed in 2018.
Jonathan Coppess with the University of Illinois tells Brownfield the House Ag Committee is right to push for farm bill discussions after the first of the year, but first Congress needs a budget. “Early January I don’t think is unrealistic for the committee, I think it gets a lot cloudier outside of the committee realm.”
He says holding up the process is the tax bill which could add more than a trillion dollars to the national deficit, more than likely creating even less funding for the farm bill.
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