WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Chuck Grassley issued the following news release:
Q: What legislative priorities were you able to secure in the current Senate Farm Bill so far?
A: The Senate Agriculture Committee recently met to consider the long-delayed Farm Bill. Building upon substantive reforms enacted last year to strengthen the farm safety net in the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, farmers and rural communities are counting on Congress to enact a full, five-year Farm Bill to bring much-needed certainty to the struggling ag economy. As a lifelong family farmer, I understand the financial hardship farm families are facing today to keep their operations afloat. It's costing more money to put crops in the ground than what farmers are getting ...