In an address to the North American Agricultural Journalists, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack warned about the farm bill budget cuts that are being promoted by the Republican Study Committee. A report from this conservative House group said farmers with income of $500,000 or more should not be eligible for farm program payments; no farm should receive more than $40,000 in farm program benefits and cuts should be made to crop insurance. The RSC proposal would also eliminate USDA trade promotion programs and eventually end the Conservation Reserve Program. Vilsack said 21 of the 29 Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee have signed off on the Republican Study Committee report.
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