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Farm Bill's Expiration Leaves Vermont Ag Community To Wait And Worry

Vermont Public | By Patti Daniels,
Jane Lindholm
Published November 1, 2018 at 9:13 AM EDT
Vermont's dairy farms and co-ops are among the industries affected when Congress failed to reauthorize the federal Farm Bill in September. The programs and provisions in the bill could result in tens of thousands of dollars in income for dairy farmers.
Tom Remp
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Billings Farm & Museum
Vermont's dairy farms and co-ops are among the industries affected when Congress failed to reauthorize the federal Farm Bill in September. The programs and provisions in the bill could result in tens of thousands of dollars in income for dairy farmers.

The massive piece of federal legislation known as the Farm Bill covers everything from commodity price supports to federal food assistance, and when Congress failed to pass an updated version by Sept. 30, it left many agriculture-related programs in limbo. We're looking at the politics and substance of the failure, so far, to pass a Farm Bill.

Our guests are Vermont Agriculture Secretary Anson Tebbetts, Bob Gray of the Northeast Dairy Farmers Cooperatives and Maddie Kempner of the Northeast Organic Farmers Association.

Broadcast live on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.
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Programs The Vermont EconomyVermont EditionGovernment & PoliticsDairy IndustryFarm BillAgency of AgricultureFood & Agriculture
Patti Daniels
Patti is an integral part of VPR's news effort and part of the team that created Vermont Edition. As executive producer, Patti supervises the team that puts Vermont Edition on the air every day, working with producers to select and research show ideas, select guests and develop the sound and tone of the program.
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Jane Lindholm
Jane Lindholm is the host, executive producer and creator of But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids. In addition to her work on our international kids show, she produces special projects for Vermont Public. Until March 2021, she was host and editor of the award-winning Vermont Public program Vermont Edition.
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