The 2018 Farm Bill expired on September 30, 2023. Rather than passing a new Farm Bill in 2023, Congress extended the Farm Bill for one year. September 30, 2024 has come and gone!
Without Congressional action, core organic programs, including the Organic Certification Cost Share Program, will expire too, leaving thousands of organic farmers with a huge net increase in their annual certification costs.
The Organic Certification Cost Share Program will disappear in 2025 unless Congress passes a five-year Farm Bill with funding or includes sufficient funding in a stopgap bill this fall!