To the Editor:
(June 2013) Republican chairman laments “a dysfunctional body full of dysfunctional people”
But the bill’s crushing defeat — also suggests congressional dysfunction has reached a new apex.
The current farm bill expires Sept. 30. If nothing is done, farm policy could revert to a 1949 law — the last time a permanent farm bill was passed. That would dramatically change subsidy rates and programs.
We hope our elected officials will return to Washington and finish the job for America’s farmers and ranchers, and the many other families who benefit from the farm bill.
Bradd Vickers
President – Chenango County Farm Bureau
NY 25 x ’25 Steering Committee
Norwich, NY