United by Geography, Senators Cross Aisle to Help Agriculture

Carbon credit markets, broadband, and expanding trade opportunities are priorities for both parties on the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee to help agriculture producers recover from the coronavirus pandemic.

“Agriculture is probably the first place we could get a bipartisan climate bill across the finish line,” Mike Braun (R-Ind.), ranking member of the panel’s Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research Subcommittee, said in a telephone interview.

The panel in April advanced a bill (S. 1251) he introduced days earlier with committee Chair Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) that would establish a federal program to help agriculture producers ...