date:Jun 21, 2012
Neither change is law yet, but it will be part of the Senate's version of a farm bill that's expected to be finished on Thursday.
It would be the first time since 1996 that conservation compliance is required to buy crop insurance coverage. The close vote of 52-47 in favor of a conservation compliance amendment offered by Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) was followed by a two-thirds vote in favor of the premium subsidy cut for large farms that was backed by Senators Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Dick Du