House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson is trying to get out in front of another possible government shutdown. The first stoppage temporarily shuttered Farm Service Agency offices across the country. Peterson is looking at possible ways to keep FSA running in case government leaders can’t come to a budget agreement. National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson says Peterson is taking the right approach.

He thinks one of the main reasons the House Ag Chairman is prepping for another shutdown is because of the need to implement the new farm bill.

Johnson says time is short in getting a resolution on the border wall, budget issue as the recent re-opening only lasts until February 15.

Peterson says he didn’t know that agency staff in charge of getting the mandatory farm bill program up and running didn’t get to continue working during the recent funding lapse.