Minnesota Soybean Growers Association Secretary Kyle Jore is cautiously optimistic about the passage of the farm bill before the end of the year. Jore says the busy legislative calendar may help push the farm bill over the finish line in the lame-duck session. “They’ve got the appropriations bill coming up, a tax bill that they’ve got to look at and the thought is if they can get this off their plate, maybe they can actually focus on some of that other stuff so I think that might be enough incentive.” Senate Agriculture Committee Ranking Member John Boozman has suggested the need for a farm assistance package in addition to the farm bill. Jore, who farms at Thief River Falls, says that may complicate the farm bill process. “We keep saying to them please don’t do ad hoc, we really just want a farm bill. When you start holding that out there as a band-aid, why can’t we just heal the wound?”
