Abstract
In September 2023, the current farm bill was allowed to expire. This marked the fourth consecutive farm bill to see its authorization lapse before replacement legislation was signed into law. The failure in 2023 is notable as significant trade and covid shocks revealed needed reforms in farm and food safety nets. We develop a unique online and social media dataset and metrics to examine 2023 online activity to understand drivers of online farm bill discussion and implications for the future of the traditional farm bill political coalition. These findings echo the increasing concern about future farm bills amid a broadening political divide.
Keywords
agricultural policy, farm bill, social media analytics
Date of this Version
1-21-2025
Recommended Citation
Keeney, Roman; Widmar, Nicole Olynk; and Berenda, Austin, "Failure of the farm bill process in 2023—a perspective from social media activity" (2025). Department of Agricultural Economics Faculty Publications. Paper 37.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/agedocs/37
Comments
This is the publisher PDF of Roman Keeney, Nicole Olynk Widmar, Austin Berenda, Failure of the farm bill process in 2023—a perspective from social media activity, Q Open, Volume 5, Issue 1, 2025, qoaf002. Published CC-BY-NC-ND by Oxford, the version of record and ADA Title II compliant version is available in HTML at DOI: 10.1093/qopen/qoaf002.