Summary: Senate Agricultural Committee has sent a Farm Bill to be "Marked Up". A bill mark up is where a committee goes over a proposal and "marks up" the paper with changes. But, the major stuff has already been decided in the Senate Agricultural Committee. $23 Billion in budget cuts over a 10 year period. Major component will be the Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - the same thing that purposed during the "super" committee debate last year. I go over many of the details of this program. Cotton growers get their "STAX" program. A new specialty crop program, Supplemental Coverage Option. Conservation, food stamps, Dairy, etc. programs are discussed. I also further discuss where the house agricultural committee is at and doing with the farm bill.
