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Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Thousand-page Farm Bill is finally introduced in the US House

Thousand-page Farm Bill is finally introduced in the US House
 
 

After months of delays, the Farm Bill was introduced today  in the U-S House. It's more than a thousand pages long and it's estimated to cost one-and-a-half TRILLION dollars over ten years. Iowa Congressman Randy Feenstra, who serves on the House Agricultural Committee, says the massive piece of legislation is vital to farmers in Iowa and nationwide.

"The most important part of the Farm Bill is protecting producers," Feenstra says, "whether they be livestock or commodity farmers. We have to make sure we have a safety net.”

He says that safety net includes crop insurance, in addition to improving exports and preventing animal illnesses.

"We're being devastated by the bird flu, and we surely don't ever want to see African swine fever come into our livestock," he says, "and that's the main goals that we're trying to achieve.”

Feenstra, the Republican who represents Iowa’s 4th Congressional District, says he worked on 25 bills contained in the Farm Bill. The package includes cuts to the USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, and overturns California’s Proposition 12 mandates. The previous farm bill from 2018 expired last fall and was extended through September. 

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