Top ranking House Ag Committee member Collin Peterson recently said that he’s optimistic that the 2017 fiscal government spending package will include changes to dairy policies in the new farm bill. Peterson says those potential changes will produce more financial assistance to farmers. He says that he, along with other committee members, have been talking with Congressional appropriators for some time now. That means lawmakers will have more funds to work with while putting together the 2018 farm bill. Republicans that are representing cotton states like Mississippi and Texas, will partner with Democrats that are representing the biggest dairy states including California, Wisconsin and Vermont.
