From farmprogress.com:
Will the luck of the Irish shine down on Congress in March? Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Pa., hopes so, as this is when he plans to finally get a new farm bill on the House floor.
Speaking at the 108th Pennsylvania Farm Show, Thompson said March is the soonest he will be able to get a new farm bill on the floor, as at least three weeks are needed to get it from his desk to the House Agriculture Committee and then to the House floor. Thompson is chairman of the House Ag Committee.
“And so that’s what I proposed to the speaker. He was supportive,” he said after a 90-minute listening session during the opening day of the farm show.
The current farm bill, which was scheduled to run out late last year, was extended to Sept. 30 of this year as part of a budget extension package. One big issue that could be a sticking point for negotiations is money from the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, almost $20 billion, that was originally set aside for climate-smart ag practices through existing USDA programs such as the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, the Conservation Stewardship Program and others.