Agriculture Policy Issues May Be Stagnant This Year

Given that 2024 is a presidential election year, expectations for significant progress in agricultural issues are relatively low. According to the National Milk Producers Federation, Senior Vice President, of Member Services and Governance, Chris Galen.

“There's not much that it's going to be done here to Washington. And I think we've seen evidence of that already, which is where in the Senate, they've been negotiating one on a package that would fund the efforts of the anti-Russian efforts in Ukraine and couple that with new policies and regulations having to do with the southern border, and but there's this border security supplemental funding package that was worked on in the Senate. And now that it's seen the light of day, already, you've got people who are part of the negotiations walking away from it. And a lot of that is because it's being talked about on the campaign trail. I think that just goes to show you that it makes it very difficult for whichever party is in control to advance anything that is all controversial or that at all could be something that someone running for office this fall is going to campaign on. So that's the dynamic that we are facing right now.”

Galen says the 2024 presidential campaign is set to influence progress on a new farm bill. It's imperative for the House and Senate to finalize it by spring or early summer before elections gain momentum and times run out.