The Senate Agriculture Committee has passed its Farm Bill, moving the legislation out of committee and clearing the way for a full Senate vote, according to the National Association of Counties (NACo).

The committee's approval marks a procedural milestone in a reauthorization cycle that farm groups, input suppliers and lenders have watched closely, since the legislation sets the commodity, crop insurance and conservation parameters that shape growers' planting and financing decisions for the next several years.

NACo, which tracks the Farm Bill for its implications on county governments, reported the committee action. Counties hold a direct stake in the bill because several titles fund rural development, infrastructure and conservation programs administered in partnership with local governments.

The legislation now moves to the Senate floor, where timing remains uncertain. Majority leadership has not yet scheduled floor consideration, and the chamber must still reconcile any Senate-passed version with a House bill that differs on several titles, including nutrition spending and commodity support levels.

For row-crop growers, the stakes in the final text include reference prices, which determine when Price Loss Coverage payments trigger, and crop insurance subsidy levels, which directly affect per-acre input budgeting. Farm organizations have pushed throughout the process for higher reference prices to reflect elevated production costs that have compressed margins since the last reauthorization.

County leaders, through NACo, have advocated for maintaining funding streams that flow to rural counties, including conservation technical assistance and rural utility financing. The association's reporting did not specify which county-priority provisions survived in the committee-approved text.

The committee mark's next test comes on the Senate floor, where amendments could alter commodity and conservation titles before any conference with the House.