House Farm Bill Timeline

House Agriculture Chairman Mike Conaway, R-Texas, is planning on a farm bill markup in March, and hopes for House passage by the end of the month. That timeline is largely contingent on lawmakers agreeing on an overall, final budget agreement.This timeline would leave plenty of time to work out differences with the Senate version of the bill and ensure new legislation is finalized before the farm bill expires at the end of September. Conaway said the bill leaving his committee will include a strong crop insurance component and pledged to fight off attempts to weaken the program.