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Farm Progress America, March 5, 2024

Delay! Delay! Delay!

Mike Pearson tells us how Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack confronted and discussed a series of delays including the farm ill in front of Congress to a model for emissions measurement and hinted more delays could be on the way.

Last Wednesday, Vilsack addressed the Senate Agriculture Committee to discuss the progress of the two times extended 2023 farm bill. He urged congress to be creative when writing the farm bill and to not take funding away from food stamps in the bill. Over 80 percent of the cost of SNAP or what used to be food stamps is the cost of the farm bill.

Stabenow…

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