6 Shutdown Pain Points

AG’S CRITICAL JUNCTURE: Funding for anti-hunger programs and delays in farmer-facing programs are a focal point of government shutdown concerns amid stalled negotiations.

This week could mark a climactic point as holdups and funding woes stretch through the heart of the fall harvest season and threaten critical funding for nutrition aid for tens of millions of low-income people.

Some of those programs have received backup funds or had enough money to tide recipients over until the end of October. But lawmakers have less than two weeks to resolve the funding impasse before funding runs out for some of them, and concerns about food and agriculture policies are at the heart of the pressure mounting on Washington to find a way to move forward.