Farm Bill Isn’t on Senate Agenda Yet

With the House Agriculture Committee passage of the farm bill, attention shifts to the Senate. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley said Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow is working across the aisle to find compromise. “I recently had a conversation with her, and she gave me a list of several things that I have an interest in that she hopes will bring me around.” However, Grassley doesn’t believe Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is ready to advance a farm bill. “He’s going to try to get things done that have support within the committees, but he doesn’t see a bipartisan agreement in agriculture and unless there’s a bipartisan agreement in ag there’s no point in putting it on the agenda.”