Work will have to continue on an updated Farm Bill at a later time.
The US Senate Agriculture Committee failed to pass a “skinny” Farm Bill, meaning the full Senate will not vote on the proposed legislation until Congress returns to Washington, DC, next month.
Kansas members of Congress have been saying Farm Bill approval is long overdue. Senator Jerry Moran says the “skinny” bill has several components important to Kansas ag producers, including year-round sales of E-15 fuel, enhanced funding for promoting trade and his amendment to transfer the Food for Peace program to the US Department of Agriculture on a permanent basis. However, he says the process is likely help up by conversations about SNAP — the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs — due to cost-sharing issues between states and the federal government and other policy matters.
Senator Roger Marshall says SNAP fraud is an issue that Democrats aren’t addressing.
Before the Ag Committee’s vote, Moran spoke with RFD-TV about the importance of increasing farm loan limits, especially because it was not handled last year.
Marshall has said an updated Farm Bill is critical to ag producers, and he reiterated that thought in a separate interview on RFD-TV.
On KVOE’s Morning Show recently, Second District Congressman Derek Schmidt said a number of key components were already passed as part of the One Big Beautiful reconciliation bill a year ago, including adjustments to reference prices and crop insurance policy.
