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What to Expect From the 2023 Farm Bill Now

The September Farm Foundation^® Forum, What to Expect From the 2023 Farm Bill Now, provided an updated forecast into the current factors influencing how the next farm bill is being shaped and what the likely policy outcomes will be.

The Forum took place via Zoom on September 26 at 9 a.m. Central. An audience Q&A session followed the live presentation.

Presentation Slides

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Forum Panel:
Jonathan Coppess, moderator and presenter
Director of the Gardner Agriculture Policy Program and Associate Professor of Law and Policy, Department of Agricultural & Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

John Newton, Ph.D.
Chief Economist, United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry (Ranking Member John Boozman) 

Joe Outlaw, Ph.D.
Regents Fellow, Professor, and Extension Economist, Texas A&M
Farm Foundation Round Table Fellow
2023 R.J. Hildreth Public Policy Award Recipient

Emily Pliscott
Economist/Senior Policy Analyst, United States House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture

Steven Wallander, Ph.D.
Senior Economist (Detailee), United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry (Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow)

Related Resources:
FORUM RECORDING: What to Expect From the 2023 Farm Bill
FARM FOUNDTION ISSUE REPORT: Could Climate Change Produce a Revolutionary 2023 Farm Bill?