With the current farm bill expiring in 2023, sugarbeet growers are busy preparing. American Sugarbeet Association President Dan Younggren, who farms at Hallock, Minnesota, says this may be the most challenging farm bill yet. “When we look at the atmosphere in Washington D.C., it’s not favorable to Rural America. We remain hopeful to get this across the finish line, but it won’t be easy.” American Crystal Sugar Company Vice President of Government Affairs Kevin Price agrees, there’s a lot of work ahead. The additional conservation funding included in the Build Back Better Act would add to the baseline of the farm bill. “It offers an opportunity or hindrance to the process; it’s too early to tell. We don’t know what the political climate may be like or if Congress will be receptive to additional funding or would it cause fewer dollars to be provided for the bill.”
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