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Farm Bureau applauded the bipartisan passage of the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 in the House Agriculture Committee this week, on the heels of a Farm Bureau Action Alert to members, stressing the importance of the bill during committee mark up.

In a statement, American Farm Bureau Federation urged House leaders to continue the momentum and bring the important legislation to a vote on the floor.

“Farm Bureau appreciates the leadership of Chairman Thompson and applauds supportive members of the committee on both sides of the aisle for recognizing that a new farm bill is critical as farmers face headwinds not seen in a generation,” AFBF President Zippy Duvall said.

Both American Farm Bureau and Ohio Farm Bureau are urging swift action on the legislation in both the U.S. House and Senate.

“As Ohio farmers and our rural communities face a growing list of generational challenges, we urgently need a new, modernized farm bill that provides the certainty our farmers need to plan, invest and continue feeding our communities,” said Ohio Farm Bureau President Bill Patterson. “We appreciate Chairman G.T. Thompson and the House Agriculture Committee for the bipartisan passage of their farm bill and join the call to bring this legislation swiftly to the House floor while urging Senate leaders to do the same.”

Duvall stressed a sense of urgency among farming families for passage of the first new farm bill in eight years.

“Farmers understand there are many competing priorities in our country right now, but so much has changed since Congress last updated the farm bill in 2018. Agriculture has endured a pandemic, runaway inflation, rising interest rates, and historic supply chain and market disruptions,” he said. “Costs for fuel, fertilizer, equipment, and labor have surged, and margins have narrowed. The pressure on farm families has intensified so much that we’ve lost more than 175,000 farms since 2017. That’s just heartbreaking.”