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John Thune: “The One Big Beautiful Bill reauthorizes commodity programs…”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

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Senator John Thune Advocates for 'One Big Beautiful Bill' to Support American Farmers and Ranchers

Published | Video Starts at 01:00

And not just with short term patches to get through the season. We've made lasting reforms to help get American agriculture firing on all cylinders again. Madam President, that starts with the farm safety net. The One Big Beautiful Bill reauthorizes commodity programs through 2031 and raises reference prices for every covered commodity. In recent years, reference prices haven't even covered increases in input costs. But thanks to this bill, commodity program reference prices will more closely reflect the actual market conditions that farmers are dealing with. (01:00–01:09)

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Asserts that the bill extends commodity programs and increases reference prices until 2031.

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