While members of the 118th Congress will be finished with their lame-duck session at the end of this week, lawmakers have yet to release or vote on a year-end legislation package. Although recent negotiations have included funding for the federal government, a Farm Bill extension, economic assistance for agriculture producers and natural disaster recovery aid, Congressional leadership has signaled that the package does not currently include economic assistance. CLICK BELOW to read what national ag leaders—including Ted McKinney, CEO of the NASDA - National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, and Zippy Duvall, President of the American Farm Bureau Federation, are saying about the breakdown in negotiations among lawmakers in Washington. National Corn Growers Association American Soybean Association National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG)
