Thune Says Senate Democrats Holding Up Farm Bill Passage

Thune Says Senate Democrats Holding Up Farm Bill Passage

PIERRE, (KCCR) — Work on a new Farm Bill is slowly moving through Congress. South Dakota Senator John Thune says Senate Democrats have put the brakes on what has been good, bi-partisan progress on the measure…

Thune says the clock is ticking for farmers and ranches looking for protections in the Farm Bill…

Thune says the Farm Bill is a priority for him…

Arkansas Senator John Boozman’s mark-up of the Farm Bill carries some of Thune’s priorities such as the Conservation Reserve Program Improvement Act, Crop Insurance for Future Farmers Act, Rural Internet Improvement Act, Strengthening Local Processing Act and the Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage program.