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Emmer confident farm bill gets done in 2024

The Majority Whip in the U.S. House is confident a new farm bill will be completed by the end of the year.

Minnesota Republican Tom Emmer tells Brownfield House Ag Committee chair GT Thompson is ready to bring his version to the House floor.

“Look, you’ve got to give and take in order to get this stuff done. But here’s where we’re at, I wouldn’t be skeptical that it can’t be done by the end of this year. I think it’s going to be done by the end of this year, but it’s how it’s going to get done.”

He says if Congress can pass a continuing resolution by the end of this month it would give farm bill negotiators time during the lame duck.

“That’s when the sausage will be made, and the farm bill I would imagine is going to find its way into a final deal before the end of the year. I believe that’s where we’re headed, but we’ll have to see.”

Emmer suggests Senate Ag Committee chair Debbie Stabenow has been unwilling to work with House Ag Committee leadership and says one of the major sticking points is using money earmarked for green energy programs to help fund provisions in the House farm bill.

Brownfield interviewed Emmer at last month’s Minnesota Farmfest in southwest Minnesota.