date:Jun 05, 2012
l from Senator John Thune (R-SD) that would cut the amount of crop insurance farmers and ranchers would get for crops planted on native prairie and other grasslands not previously cropped.
And recently Representatives Kristi Noem (R-SD) and Tim Walz (D-MN) introduced similar legislation in the House. Both are members of the House Agriculture Committee.
The bill would cut subsidy premiums in half for crops planted on fragile land broken out of grass.
We think this is a big deal, Kline said.