Minnesota farmers have longed for a new farm bill. The One Big Beautiful Bill might be the best they get for now.

While the fate of the 2025 Farm Bill is uncertain, Congress hasn’t passed one since 2018. That one expired in 2023, and federal lawmakers since then have only been able to agree on short extensions with minor revisions.

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump’s huge new budget reconciliation law contains $66 billion in new spending to support key agricultural programs, some of which would ordinarily be addressed in a farm bill.

“There were a lot of components in that Big Beautiful Bill … that were really critical,” said Dana Allen-Tully, a dairy farmer in Eyota. “We’re thankful that Congress got some provisions passed.”

Although that help was well received by Minnesota farmers at

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