President Donald Trump signed the 2018 Farm Bill on Thursday during a White House ceremony. The five-year bill sets agriculture policy and reauthorizes farm, conservation, nutrition, rural development, agricultural trade, as well as many other programs. The legislation also removes hemp from the Controlled Substances Act, which legalizes hemp production. The Minneapolis Star Tribune says the signing is good news for farmers, who have been buffeted on all sides by trade wars, low commodity prices, and generally uncertain futures. However, the question is whether those reauthorized programs will actually have funding available. A short-term spending bill has made its way through Congress this week, and initially, Trump said he would sign it to keep government funded until February. A CBS News report says Speaker of House Paul Ryan met with the president and then made the announcement that Trump will not sign it. The president wants funding for a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico, which the Senate bill does not have. Ryan tells reporters,” We want to keep the government open but we also have legitimate concerns about securing our border.”