Christopher Neubert

Federal funding is a key support for programs that provide free food to needy families. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images

Why 2026 could see the end of the Farm Bill era of American agriculture policy

Farm bills – famously complex legislative and spending balances between farm subsidies, food assistance, conservation and more – have tended to be passed about every five years since 1933.

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