Implementation of the newest farm bill has been slow, but the regulations are written, and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced sign up officially began Sept. 3. However, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service is letting producers at meetings around the state that since so much is still undecided, it may be prudent to wait until Oct. 1 when they can sign up for 2019 and 2020. The 2014 farm bill, which covered 2014-2018, expired at the end of 2018. The new 2018 farm bill passed in December and covers 2019-2023 crop years. Sign-up in 2019 was delayed by the government shutdown and ...