According to Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA), Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, the 2023 Farm Bill is the victim of partisan conflict.  The Majority are intent on reducing expenditure on environmental provisions and limiting SNAP eligibility by a combined $50 billion. This would be transferred to farm subsidies. Minority members are strongly opposed creating a situation under which the Farm Bill is delayed without concessions on both sides. There is a further obstacle that the eventual Bill from the House must be reconciled with a more moderate Senate bill. 

Passage of an equitable Farm Bill that represent bipartisan and bicameral consensus would serve as a model for other legislation that appears to be mired in political infighting espousing extreme and divergent social positions. Disinclination to compromise on what should be a straightforward legislative package will ultimately be to the detriment of the farming community and ultimately the entire nation.