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Daybreak Dec. 18: Farm aid secure, ag groups urge passage of year-end bill

12/18/24 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Rebekah Alvey, Oliver Ward, and Lydia Johnson

Farm groups have a lot to cheer in the massive year-end funding bill that congressional leaders finally released Tuesday evening. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson wants to take up a new farm bill early in 2025, and he says he's encouraging farm groups to "relax" about RFK Jr.

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