date:Sep 29, 2018
tinuing resolution is passed, however, 39 programs with mandatory funding of $2.8 billion (over five years) will lapse at the end of the fiscal year unless Congress passes a new farm bill or extends the current farm bill. Among these programs are the Foreign Market Development Program and Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops, as well as the energy title programs and the beginning farmer and rancher development program in the Research title. Some of the assistance for socially disadvantaged a