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The U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture Committee passed its version of a $1.5 trillion The Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024 in the early-morning hours of May 24. Passage of the bill in the full House is uncertain, as proposed amendments to the bill are causing deep partisan divide.
In a press release, National Potato Council (NPC) stated:
“The National Potato Council thanks the House Agriculture Committee for including valuable specialty crop enhancements in the committee-reported bill. Tonight’s action is an important step toward reauthorizing the Farm Bill and providing the certainty that the U.S. potato industry – and all of American agriculture – desperately needs. We encourage bipartisan efforts to enact a new Farm Bill this year.”
