Senate Ag Committee Chair Pat Roberts, a Kansas Republican, and Committee Ranking Democrat Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, agree there are more important things to work on than the 2018 Farm Bill. Last week, the two Senators told agriculture journalists’ that speculation regarding the new Farm Bill should wait. Roberts and Stabenow say they look forward to the Senate considering their bipartisan Child Nutrition Reauthorization bill. Each noted the Congressional Budget Office has been very slow in calculating the various costs of the provisions. Roberts says the Child Nutrition bill and bills to establish federal rather than state labeling of genetically modified foods as well as the Commodity Futures Trading Commission must come before the new Farm Bill. Roberts and Stabenow both say they are opposed to opening the current Farm Bill and were glad to beat back efforts to cut the crop insurance budget.