Completing the Farm Bill this fall will be a “high hurdle,” according to Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts.
The Kansas Republican said it would be easier to write a bill once a budget is in place, making note of the Senate Budget Committee’s commitment to provide the Senate a budget this year.
Roberts also recalled Majority Leader Mitch McConnell saying it would be better to pass a Farm Bill “sooner rather than later.” McConnell provided such comments to the Hagstrom Report. Roberts added that he and Senate Agriculture Committee ranking member Debbie Stabenow “are a team,” and since the Committee quickly marked up a bill in 2014, they could do it again.
At the beginning of August, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway said work on the 2018 Farm Bill would start within the next eight weeks, making House work on the Farm Bill just two weeks away.
