Source: Chuck Abbott, SUCCESSFUL FARMING, 9/24/18


Barring a dramatic breakthrough, farm-state lawmakers will miss their target of enacting the 2018 farm bill in the next six days, according to two of the Senate and House negotiators charged with finding a compromise. SNAP, specifically House Republicans’ demands for stricter work requirements for food-stamp recipients, is the major obstacle for the conferees, but there are differences across all sections of the $87-billion-a-year legislation. There would be little immediate impact if the 2014 farm law expires, as scheduled, on Sunday without a successor in place. 

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