Last week, the Senate Agriculture Committee took a first look at a proposed version of the Farm Bill – or, as I call it – the farm, food and jobs bill. This is an important first step in the process to write the legislation and get it passed into law.
Farmers, ranchers, and the men and women who live in rural communities deserve to know what the rules will be moving forward.
With the current law expiring, we cannot wait any longer to reauthorize this essential law for rural America. It needs to happen this year.
