E138: What’s Shaping Policy Ahead of the Farm Bill?

The annual Farm Bureau meeting was in Puerto Rico, and served as a kick off for 2023 discussions about key ag-related policy. Everything from immigration reform to disaster aid to Waters of the US is on the table, and in the background looms the expiration of the 2018 Farm Bill and the need to get another major piece of ag legislation across the finish line sooner rather than later. Here to help to share what he learned at the Farm Bureau meeting and what he’s been tracking on the policy front since is DTN AG Policy Editor Chris Clayton. He’ll dig the meeting’s spotlight on Puerto Rican agriculture, key topics that delegates were focused on, and what lawmakers expect to see as the farm bill process continues. We’ll check in on dairy and coffee in a tropical climate, where the Farm Bill budget might be at risk, and responses to the big Right to Repair announcement between Farm Bureau and John Deere.