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In a large barn smelling faintly of horses, President Barack Obama signed the $956 billion farm bill into law on Friday, comparing the five-year law to "a Swiss Army knife" because of the variety of ways it can support jobs in America.

The agency which administers the federal crop insurance program is challenging a Government Accountability Office report which says it made improper payments to people who had died.

The agency which administers the federal crop insurance program is challenging a Government Accountability Office report which says it made improper payments to people who had died.

The Senate last night rejected an effort to further slash federal subsidies to the National Crop Insurance Program.

The Senate last night rejected an effort to further slash federal subsidies to the National Crop Insurance Program.

The Government Accountability Office said today in a new report that the government should consider capping crop-insurance-premium subsidies for individual farmers or reducing subsidies for all farmers, or both.

The Government Accountability Office said today in a new report that the government should consider capping crop-insurance-premium subsidies for individual farmers or reducing subsidies for all farmers, or both.

Insurance companies and agents joined together Thursday in asking Congress to do no harm to the existing crop-insurance-subsidy program, citing concerns with Obama-administration proposals that call for further cuts.