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Congress will have to extend temporarily the lifespan of the 2018 farm bill because it will miss the Sept. 30 deadline for enacting its successor, said House Agriculture chairman Glenn Thompson. It was the first direct acknowledgment by one of the “four corners” of farm policy — the leaders of the House and Senate Agriculture committees — that the 2023 farm bill would be late.

Neither committee has presented a first-round version of the panoramic legislation, which can take months, or even years, to complete. The 2023 farm bill is expected to be the most expensive ever, with chapters on commodity subsidies, supplemental nutrition assistance, ag research, rural development, crop insurance, food aid, export promotion, farm credit, forestry, and land stewardship. Conservative Republicans are expected to propose limits on access to supplemental nutrition assistance. Congress is continuing to work toward a bipartisan bill that can be signed into law by the end of the year.

Congress is historically late in passage of farm bills. Trump signed the 2018 farm bill on Dec. 20, nearly three months after the statutory target of Sept. 30.

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