Release: NSAC Comments on Senate Farm Bill Markup - National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

For Immediate Release NSAC COMMENTS ON SENATE FARM BILL MARKUP Washington, DC, May 14 – The Senate Agriculture Committee today voted a new five-year farm bill out of committee by a vote of 15-5. The committee bill maintains the historic reforms to commodity subsidies included in last year’s bill that limit payments to the operator and not more than one additional farm manager per farm operation. The bill also retains certain improvements to crop insurance supported by NSAC, including a...