date:May 17, 2012
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The Senate bills ARC program cuts the baseline of projected spending on rice by 65% in that version of a 2012 farm bill, she said.
That basically takes away our safety net, she told the subcommittee.
Raun pointed out that corn farmers have benefitted from increased demand for their crop caused by the 2007 energy bills renewable fuel standard, which mandates that gasoline blenders use ethanol made from corn. Rice didnt benefit, she said. Nor has crop insurance worked as well fo