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Keeping Them Down On The Farm (Bill)

João Felipe C.S./Public Domain

Maybe by the time you read this, Congress will have completed work on a farm bill. 

But it certainly dragged its feet getting up to speed.  The farm bill(s), plural, are important because of all the issues in both agriculture and food policy that they address. 

And without passage of a new one or at least renewal of the current one, consumers would notice immediate differences, like a potential doubling of milk prices. 

We'll talk to a couple of farm bill experts, Eric Shuckand Dan Imhoff,  about all the issues involved.   
              

 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.