A plain, sourced look at where farm bill money actually goes — and what these bills actually change. Those are two different questions. The programs carry a $1.374 trillion ten-year baseline; each bill’s own effect on that baseline is close to budget-neutral. Both numbers are true, and keeping them straight is the whole point.

01- Where the money goes

The $1.374 trillion baseline

This is the ten-year (FY2027–FY2036) projection of what farm bill programs spend under current law — the baseline, not any bill’s changes. Both the House and Senate bills build on this same baseline. Four titles account for roughly 99% of it. Nutrition (SNAP) alone is just under three-quarters.