The agriculture industry isn’t waiting for the next farm bill to do something about the sinking farm economy. Its lobbyists have been laboring for months to try and score a series of quick fixes from the Agriculture Department and Congress, and leaning on farm-state lawmakers to advocate for their cause. The effort is working. More than 60 lawmakers from both chambers have asked USDA to provide emergency assistance to dairy producers, others are requesting USDA and the U.S. Agency for International Development to prioritize wheat in food aid shipments — both measures aimed at curbing commodity surpluses that are keeping prices low. And another effort is afoot to hike funding for USDA loan programs. But time is short. Congress returns for just four weeks in September, breaks for the presidential election and then comes back in November for roughly another four weeks — altogether a small amount of time during which lawmakers also will be juggling pressing issues like ensuring the entire government is funded in fiscal 2017, combating the Zika virus and overhauling the criminal