date:Jun 05, 2012
t going to be paying farmers when they're doing very well.
The bill keeps conservation compliance for its marketing loan and ARC programs, but does not re-establish it for crop insurance eligibility.
Additional reforms include tightening up payment limits, she said, and closing a loophole that allowed urban farm owners to collect program payments by saying they're actively engaged in farming. The managers have to be on the farm and farming, she said.
Stabenow said ending direct payments