Senate leaders reach bipartisan deal on Farm Bill - Entrepreneur Generations

"Leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee have reached agreement on a bipartisan farm bill that would keep the 2014 farm law largely intact while avoiding a partisan fight over food stamps," Philip Brasher and Spencer Chase report for Agri-Pulse. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., promised to bring the bill to the floor by the end of the month. 

The Senate bill has two key differences from the recently defeated House farm bill: it won't include expanded work requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients, and it preserves the Conservation Stewardship Program. It also allows the Conservation Reserve Program to expand to 25 million acres, up from the 24 million-acre limit imposed by the 2014 Farm Bill. Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., largely ignored Midwestern senators' requests to overhaul crop insurance programs to be more attractive to corn growers, since he believed they would have hurt growers in other states, Brasher and Chase report.

No word yet on whether the bill includes hemp legalization, an issue McConnell heavily supported.

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