Madeleine Charis King
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Iowa Public Radio
Congress extends critical Farm Bill for a third time. It's a relief for farmers, but raises concerns
The federal funding package to reopen the government included a one-year extension of certain 2018 Farm Bill programs. Several expired Sept. 30 or would have been null by the end of the year.
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