Farm and commodity trade association leaders lobbied for updating commodity programs and strengthening crop insurance programs at a Tuesday hearing of the U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry committee.
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Groups representing producers of U.S. row crops remain are far from united on what Congress should do to improve commodity programs, even as the House and Senate Agriculture committees look to start writing a new farm bill in coming weeks.
Representatives from major ag groups spoke on Capitol Hill and gave their thoughts on improvements for this year's Farm Bill. Georgia's Austin Scott started the hearing saying changes are crucial.