Source: POLITICO'S MORNING AGRICULTURE, 9/7/18

Senate Agriculture leaders on Thursday suggested the farm bill proposal House Agriculture Chairman Mike Conaway offered — which the Texas Republican described as a "significant compromise" — didn't go far enough and that efforts to reconcile the Senate and House bills had become a slow-go.

Senate Agriculture ranking member Debbie Stabenow described Conaway's offer as not "even close to being something the Senate could accept." She added that major differences remain unresolved within the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and the commodity, conservation and energy titles.

Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) also signaled that negotiations aren't as far along as some had hoped with time running short. As of today, only seven combined legislative days remain before Sept. 30, when the current law expires. Further tightening that timeframe is the fact the House is scheduled to be out of Washington for the entire week beginning Sept. 17, which leaves Congress little time to handle other big issues, such as negotiating a spending deal to keep the government operating in fiscal 2019.

Roberts basically said things went in reverse for the four principals after they had a "very good conversation" on Wednesday. "Today, that walked back a little bit," Roberts told reporters following their meeting Thursday.