OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — The farm bill expired on Sept. 30 and, while most aspects of the bill have funding for at least until November, the bill affects a much larger segment of the American population than some might realize.
Technically, it reverts to the original, 1930s version of the bill when it expires.
“If you think about how people are served through nutrition programs today, that’s important,” said President of the Iowa Farm Bureau and Calhoun County farmer Brent Johnson. “When you think about all the work that farmers are doing in conservation and sustainability programs — those are in modern farm bills, not in older farm bills, so we really need to make sure that we don’t let this lapse too far.”
Johnson says he believes the bill should be called the “food and farm bill” because it funds school nutrition programs as well as food for families …