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U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today praised the introduction of a Republican-led Farm Bill framework, asserting that it should propel the Senate toward finalizing legislation to address modern challenges faced by farmers, ranchers, and stakeholders nationwide.

Hyde-Smith, ranking member of the Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management, and Trade, commended Senate Agriculture Committee Ranking Member John Boozman (R-Ark.) for drafting the comprehensive framework released Tuesday.

“It’s past time to act and move past the outdated 2018 Farm Bill. The framework offered by Senator Boozman should help move our committee toward completing a new Farm Bill this year, one that is bipartisan and fiscally responsible,” Hyde-Smith stated.

“The framework recommends important reforms to help American farmers and ranchers handle declining incomes, market volatility, historic inflation, record-high input costs, catastrophic natural disasters, animal disease outbreaks, and global tensions,” she added. “Overall, it provides answers to so many of the recommendations we’ve heard in hearings over the past few years to put more ‘farm’ in the Farm Bill.”

The commodities and risk management subcommittee oversees production agriculture matters including commodity programs, crop insurance, commodity exchanges, agriculture trade, international food assistance, and credit.

Hyde-Smith highlighted that Boozman's framework focuses on creating an environment conducive to encouraging more young Americans to pursue careers in farming and ranching.

“There are a lot of barriers that keep many young people from becoming farmers and ranchers. The risk management and other changes we recommend in this framework are intended to lower those barriers because we certainly need to ensure new generations of producers can succeed,” she said.

Some of the recommendations within the commodities, risk management, and trade area of the Republican Farm Bill framework include:

Read a short title-by-title summary of the overall Republican framework here.