Published June 22, 2012, 05:21 AM
Bipartisan Effort Leads to Senate OK of Farm Bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday completed a five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill that cuts farm subsidies and land conservation spending by about $2 billion a year but largely protects sugar growers and some 46 million food stamp beneficiaries.By: Jim Abrams, Associated Press
