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What's Next for the Farm Bill?
Senate Democrats blocked the bill over SNAP cost-sharing, leaving farmers and ranchers waiting for a long-delayed update to crop insurance and disaster aid.
- The Senate Agriculture Committee failed to advance the 2026 Farm Bill on Thursday after Democrats blocked the legislation over a dispute regarding SNAP state cost-sharing requirements.
- Senate Democrats are withholding support unless Republicans delay SNAP state cost-sharing requirements by at least two years, while Republicans previously offered only a one-year delay as an 'olive branch.'
- American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall called the gridlock 'puzzling' and urged senators to 'return to the table' amid multiyear losses facing farmers and ranchers.
- Iowa Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Josh Turek joined Republicans in blasting Senate Democrats for blocking the bill, while Senate Agriculture Committee Chair John Boozman, R-Ark., warned it would be 'a miracle' if the bill passes before midterm elections.
- Lawmakers plan to hold another vote on the same bill after the August recess, with the committee aiming to pass legislation before the current Congress session concludes.
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Josh Turek slams Senate Democrats over stalled Farm Bill
Turek, a Democratic state representative from Council Bluffs, slammed members of his own party for blocking the long-delayed legislation that failed to advance out of committee after Democrats voted against the measure in a dispute over food assistance funding.
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What's next for the farm bill?
(The Center Square) – American farmers, ranchers, and the agricultural industry will have to wait until at least September for the U.S. Senate to take up the long-delayed farm bill.
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