boozman.senate.gov & crawford.house.gov 2018 FARM BILL boozman.senate.gov & crawford.house.gov

boozman.senate.gov & crawford.house.gov 2014 FARM BILL REVIEW Signed into law on February 7, 2014 $950+ billion legislation 2.1% of overall federal government spending Wide-sweeping farm program changes Cotton no longer a covered commodity Heavy focus on crop insurance, nutrition reforms, and conservation Bill two years late Bitter fight in House; split bills Senator Boozman & Congressman Crawford on Conference Committee Training issues for producers Implementation and program administration issues for USDA boozman.senate.gov & crawford.house.gov

boozman.senate.gov & crawford.house.gov 2018 FARM BILL PROSPECTS PROS CONS Learned much from ‘14 No drastic program changes “Evolutionary,” not “Revolutionary” bill Cotton back in Title I via appropriations Much different farm economy than in 2014 Hyper-partisan political environment Constant calls for budgetary cuts Rural - urban divide widening boozman.senate.gov & crawford.house.gov

boozman.senate.gov & crawford.house.gov 2018 FARM BILL VOTES HOUSE SENATE Agriculture Nutrition Act of 2018 (H.R. 2) First vote failed 213 to 198 on May 18 Second vote passed 213 to 211 on June 21 No Democratic votes in favor Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (S. 3042) Bipartisan support Passed 86-11 on June 28 Most votes in Senate history for a Farm Bill boozman.senate.gov & crawford.house.gov

boozman.senate.gov & crawford.house.gov 2018 FARM BILL VERSIONS HOUSE SENATE PLC and ARC maintained; ability for PLC reference price to increase Flexibility added to “actively engaged” definition Rolls CSP into EQIP Work requirements in Nutrition Title PLC and ARC maintained; slight improvements to ARC No drop in overall conservation spending but cuts to CSP & EQIP Lowers AGI limit from $900k to $700k Grassley amendment tightens “actively engaged” definition Hemp provision (McConnell Priority) boozman.senate.gov & crawford.house.gov

boozman.senate.gov & crawford.house.gov FARM BILL CONFERENCE OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES Senator Boozman, Congressman Crawford, and Congressman Westerman on Conference Committee; 47 Members from House and 9 Members from Senate Conference Committee will likely meet in September McConnell, Conaway, and Roberts have indicated priority of passing farm bill Must resolve difference with work requirements, including President Trump’s indications of not signing a bill without them Must resolve differences on AGI means testing and “actively engaged” 10 Senators and all of House are up for reelection boozman.senate.gov & crawford.house.gov

boozman.senate.gov & crawford.house.gov ELSEWHERE IN AG OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES Tariffs struggle with China USDA Trade Assistance Program — $12 billion Cuba — Stay tuned. Other priorities (trade, Committee assignments, etc.) boozman.senate.gov & crawford.house.gov

boozman.senate.gov & crawford.house.gov REP. CRAWFORD Importance of Agricultural Legislation boozman.senate.gov & crawford.house.gov

boozman.senate.gov & crawford.house.gov CONTACT US Ty Davis U.S. Senator John Boozman (AR) 620 E. 22nd St., Ste. 204 Stuttgart, AR 72160 Office: (870) 672-6941 Mobile: (870) 659-0193 Email: Ty_Davis@Boozman.senate.gov Mitchell Nail U.S. Representative Rick Crawford (AR-01) 2400 E Highland Dr., Ste. 300 Jonesboro, AR 72401 Office: (870) 203-0540 Mobile: (870) 273-4562 Email: Mitchell.Nail@mail.house.gov boozman.senate.gov & crawford.house.gov