This week, the IL Corn Growers Association joined over 530 organizations in  a letter  to House and Senate leadership calling upon Congress to pass a bipartisan farm bill.

The letter was signed by representatives in the nutrition, agriculture, environmental and other sectors and relayed the coalition’s concerns of continued inaction.  

“If Congress does not come together this year to enact a bipartisan farm bill, the legislative process will begin anew in the 119th Congress,” the letter said. “Given the significant legislative, and possibly administrative, duties of a new Congress including the seating of new leadership and committees, Senate nominations, and other essential actions during the first months of the 119th Congress, we have concerns that it may not be logistically or politically feasible to advance a new farm bill early in the next Congress.”

The farm bill was passed out of committee in the House of Representatives with narrow bipartisan support. However, with major legislative differences between the two chambers and a wide political divide, bill movement remains stagnant. The 2018 farm bill extension will expire in September, before November’s elections.

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