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The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture completed its markup of the Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2024 (Farm Bill) on May 24, 2024, and passed the proposed.
Illinois Corn Growers Association and Illinois Soybean Growers expressed their displeasure with the House Agriculture Committee in passing a proposed new Farm Bill.
The House farm bill plan would boost government spending on farm commodities, but it would also widen the gap in support for crops. Most farm groups largely like what they see in the bill, but critics of farm safety programs see some crops getting payments every year.
Despite their differences, the Farm Bill proposals led by U.S. Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson and U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow both contain some first-in-a-decade updates to critical farm safety net programs.