A Legislative Traffic Jam Expected

The budget reconciliation bill that passed this summer included the update to reference prices, crop insurance adjustments and redirected Inflation Reduction Act funds to high-demand conservation programs. South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson says more work needs to be done with the ‘skinny’ farm bill. “We should absolutely get a ‘skinny’ farm bill done before the end of the year, but I don’t want to lie to you either,” said Johnson. “This shutdown has just created an absolute traffic jam between now and the end of the year. We’ve got the annual Defense bill we’ve got to get done, we’ve got appropriate money for the rest of the year, we’ve got this skinny farm bill, and not all of that’s going to get done. That is going to create a real problem.”