Farm Bill Primer: Budget Dynamics.

The article offers update on a farm bill being considered by the U.S. Congress, including budget dynamics. It categorizes federal spending for agriculture into mandatory spending and discretionary appropriations and discusses the importance of the U.S. Congressional Budget Office (CBO) baseline to the farm bill. Data presented shows the CBO's June 2024 baseline that updates spending projections, programs without baseline, supplemental funding not in the baseline, and the 2024 farm bill markup.