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Podcast: MID-WEST FARM REPORT - MADISON
Episode: A Farm Bill - In Pieces?
Description: Congress was supposed to write an updated Farm Bill in 2023, but it didn't happen. Two, one-year extensions later, and agricultural groups continue to push for the new legislation as farmers operate under a 2018 version. Steve Etka, policy director for the Midwest Dairy Coalition, says there's a lot of talk about splitting the Farm Bill up, and doing some of the work through budget reconciliation -- a fast-track legislative procedure used to pass certain budget-related bills -- a process Congress is in right now. "(It's) a big macro bill that deals with taxes, and deals with...