Klobuchar Wants Farm Bill Before the End of the Year

Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar will serve as the Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee in the next session of Congress. During a stop at the Minnesota Ag and Food Summit, Klobuchar said she’d prefer to complete the farm bill before the beginning of the new year. “I just think we’re going to be better off when we’re doing all the disaster relief for the southern states and we’re doing that with good reason, there’s going to be funding that’s spent on that if the farm bill gets jettisoned as kind of an orphan at the end of next year with an extension, it might be harder for us to get some of the resources that we want.” In addition to the farm bill, the 45Z tax credit guidance, year-round E15, and flex-fuel vehicles are on the ‘to-do’ list. When an immigration bill is heard, Klobuchar also emphasized the need to address ag labor issues.