Source: AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 5/7/18




Even before the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee took up writing its version of the 2018 Farm Bill, key elements of the bill were already proposed as stand-alone pieces of legislation by influential ag committee members. That includes Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.; Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio; Bob Casey, D-Pa.; Joni Ernst, R-Iowa; and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa. They’ll likely be key bricks in the 2018 Farm Bill’s foundation. In the 2014 Farm Bill, McConnell had previously opened the gate to legalize state-run research and market development programs for industrial hemp.

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