The Senate Ag committee’s draft farm bill released Friday got a much warmer reception than the House version. Senate Ag Committee member Tina Smith of Minnesota tells Brownfield she likes what’s in their draft farm bill which was released Friday. “Farmers and ranchers have been through a lot these last few years with commodity prices being so low, and now we have the uncertainty with the situation with trade, so I’m very encouraged that there’s bipartisan interest in the Senate.”
Smith, a Democrat, says their bipartisan bill has what is important like basic farm protections, farm programs, crop insurance, commodity programs, conservation programs, and she says it’s got to have a good nutrition program which is important to get it passed.
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