A new five-year Farm Bill is making its way to a vote in the U.S. Senate. This is the second time in a year that the legislation has cleared the Senate. Michigan Democratic Sen. DebbieStabenow, who chairs the Senate Agriculture Committee, says the House has promised to take up the bill in mid-June.
Among the changes, the new bill would do away with crop subsidies farmers have relied on since the Great Depression, replacing it with a strong crop insurance program. Sen. Stabenow talks about the Farm Bill and its potential effects, as well as other news in Michigan politics.