U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman recently made further comments on the Farm Bill 2.0 passing and its importance in the agriculture industry. Senator Boozman said, “Our farmers played a major part in helping us get this over the line and out of committee, and we’re going to rely on them once the election is over to get back up here and again insist that we get this bill passed, and I believe with their help we will. Agriculture, when it stands together, does a tremendous job.”
Senator Boozman also made comments on the improvements made through the Working Families Tax Cut, saying, “We were able to get that done really without a whole lot of problem, and that was such a big change with our risk management tools, whether it’s crop insurance or ARC or PLC. Some of the things for cattle and the list goes on and on. We worked on specialty crops, which really hadn’t been done very much in the past, and gave them a tremendous boost, and we’re committed to continuing to do those things. We were very fortunate that we had a good crew that had worked on it for quite a while and really involved the agriculture community in crafting those things, but it was really a home run.”
Audio Reporting by Elizabeth Sanders for Southeast AgNet.