Once Congress gets through the budget process, the farm bill will be on the chore list. Minnesota Soybean Growers Association Past President Bob Worth sees the bill that passed in the House Agriculture Committee last spring as a good starting point. “That was a farm bill that everyone could have lived with,” said Worth. “It did some great things for trade, doubling the money for trade (promotion) and it also made adjustments in ARC and PLC; this farm bill was written almost eight years ago and things have changed a lot.” Farm expenses have gone up considerably since the last farm bill passed in 2018. “People may be unhappy that farmers get economic aid, but they have to realize these young farmers and the guys just starting don’t have working capital, they don’t have net worth, our input costs have not come down and our prices for our commodities have really tanked.”
