Senate Ag Chair Debbie Stabenow says there’s no way around the budget impacts of a second fiscal cliff in late February and march - while top House Ag Democrat Collin Peterson sees no reason to even redo the farm bill without a leadership guarantee of floor time.

A fool’s errand is how Peterson describes sitting down again to write a House Ag Committee farm bill - if - as he writes Speaker John Boehner and GOP Leader Eric Cantor - they refuse to give any assurances a five-year farm bill will be considered. Peterson threatens a similar letter from all House Ag Democrats once they’re seated - and tells Boehner and Cantor point blank if their goal is to simply extend the 2008 Farm Bill year after year without making any effort at reform - he will certainly accommodate them.

Senate Ag Chair Debbie Stabenow says there’s no way around a second fiscal cliff in late February and March…