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Farm bill 2.0 faces delays, Congressman says little momentum left

A U.S. Congressman from South Dakota says it’s unlikely Congress will pass a Farm Bill 2.0 by the end of the calendar year.

Dusty Johnson tells Brownfield “I would certainly love to get it done sooner rather than later, but it’s probably gonna take a little while. There does not appear like there’s as much momentum behind that because we’ve already done so much of the farm bill.”

Johnson says 85 percent of the farm bill was included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, passed earlier this year. And he says there were four things people really wanted in a farm bill.

“To strengthen and protect crop insurance, increase reference prices in title one programs, improve conservation, especially working lands conservation, and get into place some SNAP reforms.”

Johnson says funding the U.S. government will be a priority when Congress returns to Washington D.C. on Monday.