Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
This bill raises statutory reference prices for five commodities under the Agricultural Act of 2014: wheat, corn, soybeans, peanuts, and seed cotton. The amendments increase per-unit reference prices (wheat $5.50→$6.50, corn $3.70→$4.20, soybeans $8.40→$10.00, peanuts $535→$635/ton, seed cotton $0.367→$0.45/lb), which affect commodity support program triggers and payments.
Debate over fiscal cost versus farm income stabilization
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a straightforward substantive amendment that changes specific statutory price figures but provides limited supporting detail.
This bill raises statutory reference prices for five commodities under the Agricultural Act of 2014: wheat, corn, soybeans, peanuts, and seed cotton.
The amendments increase per-unit reference prices (wheat $5.50→$6.50, corn $3.70→$4.20, soybeans $8.40→$10.00, peanuts $535→$635/ton, seed cotton $0.367→$0.45/lb), which affect commodity support program triggers and payments.
Technically simple and beneficial to specific constituencies, but increases potential federal outlays and lacks offsets or broad compromise features.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a straightforward substantive amendment that changes specific statutory price figures but provides limited supporting detail.
Debate over fiscal cost versus farm income stabilization
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Debate over fiscal cost versus farm income stabilization
Likely cautiously supportive if changes meaningfully help small and family farms, but concerned about broad commodity subsidy windfalls.
Will focus on whether payments are targeted and whether fiscal offsets or anti-consolidation protections exist.
Moderately supportive on pragmatic grounds of stabilizing farm income, but wants clarity on fiscal cost and targeting.
Would seek data, budget scoring, and possible limits to prevent windfalls.
Generally opposed due to higher government intervention and spending.
Prefers market-based risk management, targeted disaster relief, or voluntary private solutions instead of higher statutory supports.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
Still ahead
Still ahead
Technically simple and beneficial to specific constituencies, but increases potential federal outlays and lacks offsets or broad compromise features.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Debate over fiscal cost versus farm income stabilization
Technically simple and beneficial to specific constituencies, but increases potential federal outlays and lacks offsets or broad compromise…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a straightforward substantive amendment that changes specific statutory price figures but provides limited supporting detail.
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