That’s what House Ag Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-Pa.) told us at a crop insurance agents’ event (CIPA) in Kansas City. He did not specify how much additional funding but was very complimentary of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), mentioning how the speaker participated during a California-based farm bill listening session. During the chairman’s presentation to CIPA, he was passionate about getting a farm bill done, but acknowledged several hurdles that he said could be overcome in a bipartisan approach.
Other options to providing more than baseline funding for the farm bill include clawing back some of the unspent Covid relief funding and restrictions on use of Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act funding.
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