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MANTUA, Ohio — All of America knew that Sept. 30 was the deadline for Congress to reach a deal to avoid a government shutdown, something they were able to do in the short term, but that date also had significance for another reason — it marked the expiration of the 2018 Farm Bill.
Senator Sherrod Brown is the first U.S. senator from Ohio in 40 years to sit on the Agriculture Committee writing the Farm Bill. For over a year, he's held meetings with farmers, like one in Lake County last year, to get their input. Many of the provisions in the farm bill run until the end of the year, and while there's been talk of extending the current Farm Bill into next year if no agreement is reached, Brown said that would be a mistake. Congressman Max Miller , though, said it remains a fallback.
"Our return, you know, what we sell our crops for is gonna be low, very low, maybe even all-time low," he said. Trade policies and global competition are largely to blame, he said.
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