In Washington, lawmakers finally seem to be close to an agreement on a new farm bill.

The old farm bill expired October 1st, and the new bill has been stuck in a House/Senate conference committee as legislators try to hash out the differences between the Republican’s House bill and the bi-partisan Senate bill.

NewsChannel 34’s Anna Wiernicki reports on the countdown to an agreement.We are close to getting it done.

Texas republican, Jodey Arrington says the Farm Bill may finally be ready for harvest.

I think that now we all have an interest in getting it done.

Arrington says the bill has been stuck in conference committee for months.

Lawmakers need to hash out the differences between a bipartisan senate bill…and decidedly republican house bill. Which included new work requirements for the food stamp program.

Congress has just a dozen working days left to resolve its differences and hash out a final bill or it’s back to square one.

I don’t want to have to start over and have the democrat controlled house have the pen to redo it

Texas republican Senator John Cornyn says America’s farmers need congress to get this done and to give our farmers and ranchers the predictability and the certainty that they need and they deserve.

Ohio democratic Senator Sherrod Brown says, it’s time the house comes to the negotiating table for the sake of America’s farmers.

I would hope the house would see the handwriting on the wall. They lost their majority in part because of their partisanship on so many things.

A final deal is expected any day. And once that happens both chambers will have to pass it and the president will need to sign it *all before congress adjourns for the year.