In an interview with the Red River Farm Network, House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson said he has thousands of objectives, but a single goal for the farm bill. “The one goal is to get this done in a bipartisan, bicameral way on time and highly effective.” With only a dozen days on the congressional calendar before the expiration of the current law, the deadline is looming. “I only have control of the House Agriculture Committee and we’re going to do our job,” Thompson told RRFN. “When we can do markup and go to the floor really depends on leadership; I’m still hoping and praying it is before the end of September, but the ag committee will be ready to go.” Thompson has hosted dozens of farm bill listening sessions, including the Wednesday session at Farmfest. Topics heard throughout the process include support for crop insurance, funding for the Market Access Program and Foreign Market Development programs and updated reference prices. “With this inflation, (the reference price) is inadequate, but is a higher lift; it is a big investment.” Listen to the full interview.
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