A federal law known as the “farm bill” expires this year. It aims to help ensure we have enough food, feed, fuel and fiber and touches rural, suburban and urban Illinois every day in many different ways. What’s it all about?
Farm Bill Spending Breakdown
- Most farm bill spending – 76% or $326 billion – typically goes toward nutrition programs such as SNAP.
- After nutrition spending, the main allocations include crop insurance, commodity programs and conservation programs, totaling $99 billion or 23%.
- Less than 1%, or $3.5 billion, goes to such things as horticulture programs, research, Extension, energy, forestry, rural development and trade promotion.
