Low commodity prices spur Senate interest in idling cropland

Senators from the Plains and Upper Midwest pressed for expansion of the long-term Conservation Reserve Program during a friendly confirmation hearing for Bill Northey, the USDA nominee who would run the program as agriculture undersecretary. Chairman Pat Roberts said the Agriculture Committee would clear the nominations of Northey and Gregory Ibach “as expeditiously as we… » Read More

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