The House is expected to vote on the new farm bill shortly after Easter. The conservative wing of the Republican Party has not always supported farm bills. North Dakota Representative Julie Fedorchak anticipates a different outcome this time. “A lot of the Republican, the conservative votes who typically are opposed have been brought on board with some of the reforms we made to the SNAP program last summer,” said Fedorchak. “They are appropriate reforms to that SNAP program to make sure that we’re helping folks get on their own two feet by including some work requirements for able-bodied working-age people, which were added to the SNAP program. Those were the types of reforms that the conservatives wanted to see in those programs.” Fedorchak hosted a roundtable event with farmers and ranchers in Devils Lake this past week. Regarding the economic challenges in agriculture, Fedorchak said the message “was loud and clear.”
