# The farm bill: A deadline Congress can’t blow - GZERO Media

> Commentary warns Congress is likely to miss the September deadline to renew the farm bill and push it to year end amid a looming government shutdown. Without renewal, dairy and other programs would revert to older, outdated policy levels.

- Date: 2023-09-28 · published 2023-09-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/34090-the-farm-bill-a-deadline-congress-can-t-blow-gzero-media
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Farm bill lapse risk adds policy uncertainty for U.S. dairy and crop programs, but the direct market impact on feed prices is limited in the near term.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2019-06-26 | [USDA farm bill implementation progress update \| TheFencePost.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58575-usda-farm-bill-implementation-progress-update-thefencepost-com.md) | -0.2% | +6.7% |
| MILK | 2022-05-26 | [The Farm Bill: What Works And What Doesn’t? - EDairy News English](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41381-the-farm-bill-what-works-and-what-doesn-t-edairy-news-english.md) | -3.1% | -3.1% |
| MILK | 2018-12-26 | [Lots of good things for dairy in new farm bill](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61717-lots-of-good-things-for-dairy-in-new-farm-bill.md) | -0.1% | +1.1% |
| MILK | 2019-04-12 | [USDA Update on Farm Bill Implementation Progress \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59569-usda-update-on-farm-bill-implementation-progress-usda.md) | +0.1% | +2.6% |
| MILK | 2018-02-09 | [Congress clears budget deal, farm aid after shutdown \| 2018-02-09 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66483-congress-clears-budget-deal-farm-aid-after-shutdown-2018-02-09-agri-pulse-agri.md) | -0.1% | +5.3% |

## Sources

- gzeromedia.com: https://www.gzeromedia.com/the-farm-bill-a-deadline-congress-cant-blow

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