House Agriculture Chair Glenn Thompson pledged Wednesday to complete a five-year farm bill in committee by the end of February, as lawmakers try to bridge political divides that have stalled the legislation.
Thompson (R-Pa.) told state agriculture officials at a policy conference in Washington that finishing the bill — extended more than once since the 2018 farm bill expired in September 2023 — is his top priority.
Final passage of a farm bill, though, will require the Senate to follow suit, and leaders there haven’t give a firm indication of timing.
The ranking Democrat on the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, later told the group that Democrats and Republicans are working together to craft a bill even amid partisan “headwinds” in Congress.
