The House Agriculture Committee will again hold a hearing on the ag economy Tuesday, February 6th, as the committee continues to take steps for the next farm bill. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway, a Texas Republican, says the economic situation now, compared to the process of writing the 2014 farm bill is starkly different…
The committee has compiled a draft of the farm bill and is awaiting a cost analysis from the Congressional Budget Office. Conaway’s office says the draft will be released when all titles of the bill have a score, or price tag, associated with them.
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue will speak with lawmakers during the hearing. Perdue has traveled the nation since becoming Secretary, hearing from farmers and ranchers…
The current farm bill, signed into law in February of 2014, expires later this year.
