Minnesota farmer sees SNAP as primary farm bill obstacle

Minnesota farmer sees SNAP as primary farm bill obstacle

A southwest Minnesota farmer expects the nutrition title to further complicate farm bill negotiations.

Bill Gordon of Worthington is a past president of the American Soybean Association and points out nutrition is the largest of the farm bill titles with programs like SNAP.

“And then that’s when the politics come in, when you have both sides (having) great arguments. You have people that want to make sure that people earn the right to get assistance, but yet people need assistance.