Kansas U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall is weighing in on the Republican Farm Bill framework, noting it puts “farm” back in the Farm Bill.
Marshall says the framework, released on Tuesday, prioritizes crop insurance, while not cutting funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
Marshall says the new bill would enhance crop insurance coverage through the Title One Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs, increasing the reference prices, something Marshall says Republicans have been fighting to raise for at least five years.
Marshall says the next steps will see Republicans and Democrats hammering out some of the finite details on the overall costs.
The Republican framework would also double funding for agriculture research and increase loan limits for producers, while also investing in rural child and health care, according to Marshall. He remains optimistic that a deal could be achieved sometime this summer.
The full Republican Farm Bill framework can be found here.
