date:Jun 21, 2012
Speaking to reporters in a telephone press conference, Stabenow pointed out that the farm bill's new Agriculture Risk Coverage shallow loss program will be tied to farmers meeting conservation standards, as will marketing loans.
Anything in the commodity title is tied to conservation compliance, she said.
Conservation rules weren't applied to crop insurance when her committee drafted the Senate's farm bill, she said, primarily because crop insurance is a different kind of entity. It is a pri