Failure to Pass New Farm Bill will Bring 'Damaging Consequences'

More than 500 ag organizations have recently sent a letter to lawmakers in Congress pushing them to pass a new farm bill this year.

“If we do not pass a new farm bill and push it to the next Congress, there are significant legislative and administrative duties in a new Congress, and it’s just going to be pushed down the road even further,” said Joe Gilson, director of congressional relations for American Farm Bureau Federation.

He says the large number of different ag groups who have all signed on to the letter should stress to lawmakers the importance of new farm bill.

“I think it tells Congress that there is still a need to pass a bill this year, and I know that this whole Congress, people have been telling them that. And I think we just wanted to make the point that we haven’t given up yet. We still think, with the right leadership, they can advance this bill and get something done.”

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