By Clint Thompson
The House Committee on Agriculture started the markup process for the Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2026 this week. House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Glenn Thompson (PA-15) addressed the bill’s importance in his opening statement.
“The importance of what we are doing today as a committee cannot be overstated,” Thompson said. “It is clear that the policies of 2018 are no match for the challenges of 2026, and an update to the 2018 farm bill is long overdue.”
Kam Quarles, CEO of the National Potato Council and Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance co-chair, is hopeful that a farm bill can be finalized by the end of this year. He discussed the process the farm bill must take before it becomes law.