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Klobuchar concerned farm bill gets “lost” if negotiations push into 2025

A U.S. Senator who will become Ranking Member of the Senate Ag Committee in the next Congress is concerned about extending the current farm bill another year.

Minnesota Democrat Amy Klobuchar says funding and tax reform will be prominent in 2025.

“Which interests all of us in the Midwest in different ways. The farm bill will be just kind of plopping along there, and we’re going to have to try to get floor time or be part of something else. And I am concerned that it will get lost.”

Speaking to attendees of the Minnesota AgriGrowth Ag and Food Summit in Minneapolis Thursday, she said there’s still hope a new farm bill can get done during the lame duck session.

“I continue to believe if there’s any opportunity it would have to be in the Senate, because I don’t see the policy differences quite as great as some people do between the House and the Senate. I think there’s middle ground to reach.”

The time for Congress to work will be limited between now and the end of the year with a Thanksgiving and Christmas break.