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The U.S. House of Representatives failed to pass the 2012 Farm Bill before starting their August recess. With the bill expiring in September, will鈥�

The Farm Bill is so massive that experts typically quip we may as well call it the "food bill," or perhaps maybe the 鈥渇orests bill.鈥� That鈥檚 because one鈥�

An amendment that Colorado Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet added to the pending 2012 Farm Bill increasing funding for bark beetle mitigation in the鈥�

Midwestern farmers experiencing unusually good yields are OK with losing some farm bill subsidies as Congress negotiates changes this year. But some of their Southern counterparts are arguing against it.

The bill covers everything from farm subsidies and crop insurance to forestry, food stamps and school lunches.

A farm bill that restructures crop insurance subsidies came to the Senate floor last week, which is where it will remain for at least two more. NPR's Tamara Keith joins Weekend Edition Sunday host Rachel Martin to explain the complexities of the new bill.

The Senate version of the bill aims to do away with direct payments to farmers by expanding crop insurance programs. Some Georgia farmers say that will favor Midwestern farmers and leave those in the South without a safety net.

Crop insurance is a sticky issue in the debate over the shape of the farm bill this year. But what if a simplified version of the program could save taxpayers billions of dollars? One economist says it could.

The Obama Administration鈥檚 proposed budget aims to eliminate billions of dollars in subsidies that go to farmers every year regardless of need. These鈥�