In 2025, with the talk of tariffs from the Trump administration and concerns that already low farm prices will plunge further, one thing is clear: In order to reach all three goals of the original farm bill, specifically the first one, we need to restore supply management. One of the primary tools in the original farm bill was the goal to provide family farmers a fair price — income that covers the cost of production, and ideally, a livable wage. Family farmers have been demanding supply management for decades.


