CBO Sees Long Implementation for Some SNAP Provisions in House Farm Bill

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released their analysis of the farm bill version passed by the House Ag Committee, laying out the spending changes they expect over the 10-year budget period.With most producers expected to choose the Price Loss Coverage (PLC) program, CBO expects spending would rise $400 million over 2019-2028 while Ag Risk Coverage (ARC) payments would fall $300 million.On conservation programs, CBO said the overall spending would fall $800 million over the 2019-2028 period, reflecting an increase of $7.7 billion for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), $3.5 billion more for the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program and Regional Conservation Partnership Program, while the repeal of the Conservation Stewardship Program would reduce spending by $12.6 billion over 2019-2028.But the most controversial part of the bill – changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) would take a while to implement. The job training portion would "not be able to offer training to all eligible recipients when the requirement takes effect in 2021, or even by the end of 2028."