Some ag leaders are expressing dismay over the delays in getting a new federal Farm Bill passed.
“We need a proper Farm Bill,” says Kurt Coffey, the Case IH, vice president for North America. “We need to work beyond an extension and get a farm bill.” But that is beginning to seem unlikely as there are only about 60 days before the national election, and the current one-year Farm Bill Extension expires at the end of this month.
Paul Neiffer, known as The Farm CPA, tells AgWeb he also strongly supports American agriculture getting the certainty that a new Farm Bill would provide. Neiffer says the agricultural economy is seemingly in a recession and without an updated Farm Bill, farmers may struggle even more with net farm income expected to be substantially lower in 2025. A recent Farm Journal poll of ag economists revealed only 19 percent expect a new farm bill to get across the finish line in 2024.
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