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America’s farmers and ranchers are counting on Congress to finish strong this year. Just because we call these final weeks a “lame-duck” session, that’s no excuse for members not to finish the job they started.

First and foremost, farmers and ranchers need a 2018 farm bill before the year is over. The leadership of both the House and Senate Agriculture Committees have worked overtime this year to deliver a new farm bill, and now it’s time to get it across the finish line before the clocks runs out. Farmers and ranchers cannot afford that kind of delay, especially with so many struggling to hang on and unable to make plans for the next season with a massive cloud of uncertainty hovering overhead.

The uncertainty farmers face with weather and markets makes certainty in the tax code all the more important.
A key component of the farm bill is providing producers the risk management tools they need for their operations. We have seen too many heartbreaking reminders this year of the importance of those tools, as farmers and ranchers across the country have faced devastating storms and wildfires. Thousands of farmers across the South have lost entire crops overnight due to devastating storms like Hurricanes Michael and Florence. Farm Bureau members across the country have come together to help our neighbors as they pick up the pieces, and it’s time for Congress to take action to help these communities recover.


https://www.fb.org/viewpoints/lots-to-get-done-in-the-lame-duck

The odds of Congress passing a farm bill in the lame duck session may be better than many expect, as high as 65 percent, according to one speaker at the Southern Crop Production Association annual meeting, Nov. 13