The Farm Bill expired at midnight, although Congress still has until the end of the year to either extend the current document or pass a new one.
The bill funds programs that helps farmers and ranchers with different insurance programs in cases of losses or disasters, but it also helps ag producers conserve their land; supports research and development; involves rural economic development ventures and funds the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, long known as food stamps but now known as SNAP.
US Senator Roger Marshall chastised Democrats and the Biden administration for not prioritizing the Farm Bill, but he says he is confident there will be a document in place. Last month, US Senator Jerry Moran said agriculture was in “serious condition” due to mounting economic pressures and increasingly thin to nonexistent profit margins.
