Around 300 attend Farm Bill listening session at Farm Progress Show

Posted on August 31, 2017

By Seth Laurence/WHOW/RFD Radio

DECATUR – A Farm Bill listening session was part of this week’s Farm Progress Show in Decatur.

U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Taylorville, is a member of the House Ag Committee.

“This is a great opportunity for me to share the concerns of my district, my district with Chairman (K. Michael) Conaway, our ranking member (Collin) Peterson and bipartisan group of legislators,” Davis said. “This is what prepping for the Farm Bill debate is all about.”

Davis anticipates the Farm Bill being negotiated and put together in a timely manner.

Davis said crop insurance is the top issue to Illinois farmers. He feels the federal government is being fiscally responsible by having a public-private partnership.

“We are doing the fiscally conservative thing by having a public-private partnership for risk management that is going to be put into our fiscal processes in Washington,” Davis said.

Two other members of the Illinois congressional delegation, Mike Bost (R-Murphysboro) and Cheri Bustos (D-Moline) also serve on the House Ag Committee.

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