Higher reference prices would benefit mostly Southern growers, says EWG

U.S. farm groups are giving priority to winning higher reference prices, a key factor in calculating crop subsidies, in the farm bill due this year in Congress. But the benefits would flow to a relatively small handful of large cotton, rice, and peanut growers, said an environmental group on Tuesday. The Environmental Working Group, which… » Read More

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