An ag policy expert says he doesn’t anticipate Congress passing a farm bill this year even after the House Ag Committee advanced legislation.
Michigan State University’s Alan Ker tells Brownfield farm bills are more difficult to pass during election years and ag committee members still appear to be wedded to partisan divides.
“There’s a great deal of distance between the two, which makes me less than optimistic that a farm bill is going to get done this year, but I hope I’m wrong,” he says.
