The 2018 Farm Bill Conference Committee has scheduled its first official meeting for Wednesday, September 5, at 9:30 AM. Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts (R-Kansas) says staff members from the House and Senate Agriculture Committees have held informal negotiations throughout the month of August, but members of the Conference Committee did not have a chance to meet before the August recess.
The meeting on September 5th will be the first opportunity for the Conference Committee to negotiate the final version of the bill.