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Langley’s Lay of the Land
An A3 exclusive on Government Relations and Agribusiness. Our DC correspondent, Reece Langley, provides regular updates and thoughts regarding the farm bill.
Langley’s “Lay of the Land” – October 2023
How the Current Political Environment in Congress Impacts the New Farm Bill At this time, it is becoming increasingly clear that Congress will not be able to complete a new 5-year Farm Bill before the end of 2023. Several provisions of the current Farm Bill expired...
Reece Langley
Principal
Langley Consulting, LLC
Before starting his firm, Langley was Vice President of Washington Operations for the National Cotton Council for 8 years. Langley served for nearly a decade as Vice President of Government Affairs for the USA Rice Federation. Before joining USA Rice, Langley was a senior agriculture policy advisor to Rep. Terry Everett (R-AL) from 2001 through 2003.
Langley was raised on his family’s cotton, grain, and cattle farm in Athens, Alabama. He earned a bachelor’s degree in agricultural economics, followed by an MBA, both from Auburn University.
Langley’s “Lay of the Land” – August 2023
A Look at Impacts of a Mandatory Base Acre Update As we reported in the last update, the National Corn Growers Association recently voted to support a mandatory base acre update in the next farm...
Langley’s “Lay of the Land” – July 2023
Farm Bill Outlook as Congress Enters Summer “Recess” As July comes to a close, Congress is about to begin its August recess, so there will be no official Congressional legislative action until after...
Langley’s “Lay of the Land” – June 2023
Farm Bill Next Steps and Impact from Debt Ceiling Agreement As we reported here in the last update, the most pressing matter for Congress was to address the debt limit increase and the potential...
Langley’s “Lay of the Land” – May 2023
Agriculture Committee’s Gathering Stakeholder Priorities and Input Last week, the House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit held a hearing led by...
Langley’s “Lay of the Land” – April 2023
In the last two weeks, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, has testified before four different committees on Capitol Hill. In his testimony before both the Senate and House Agriculture Committees, the Secretary highlighted the current financial situation of production agriculture, noting a need to help more small and mid-size producers improve their income opportunities from agriculture and not remain so reliant on off-farm income, which has become an increasingly common scenario.
Inaugural Post – Langley’s “Lay of the Land”
The 2018 Farm Bill expires at the end of this year, though some programs are tied to the fiscal year or crop year, meaning some expire on September 30, and others cover the crop harvested this fall and until the end of its marketing year. In addition, many policies and programs in the bill are considered “permanent law” and do not require reauthorization to continue.