Key GOP senators released more details Friday on a farm aid package they’re pushing to be included in upcoming government funding legislation.
Senate Agriculture Chairman John Boozman, R-Ark., and Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman John Hoeven, R-N.D., in a statement listed key components they are seeking. They include additional bridge payments intended to tide farmers over until commodity supports in last summer’s budget reconciliation law take effect, assistance to specialty crop farmers and a boost to farm loan limits.
A Republican aide said Thursday that Boozman and Hoeven are considering a $15 billion aid package, but the lawmakers declined to confirm the amount and no amount was included in the release sent by the Agriculture panels.
