With a new Congress and administration, the ag industry is poised for a big shakeup in 2025. Rural Community Insurance Services Assistant Vice President of Federal Affairs Jeff Sands said there’s still a lot of work to be done to help farmers during these tough economic times. “We saw an end-of-year package that addressed some economic needs, but we still have a farm bill hanging out there.” A lot of things will have to fall into place before a farm bill can be voted on. “We have a backdrop of so many things that need to get done in D.C. with the macro and micro politics of each one of those.” At the Crop Insurance Conference in Fargo, Sands said the deck chairs are shuffling with a couple of House members joining the Trump administration and impacting the thin margin in the majority. Budget reconciliation is also a priority.
