Critics of the federal program say it encourages more carbon-intensive farming and are calling for Congress to lower subsidies for big, wealthy producers.
Republicans are skeptical of making the farm bill a climate bill, but a group of lobbyists thinks they’ve struck gold with a message even the most skeptical can't hate: Regenerative agriculture will make farmers richer.
As climate change worsens flooding across the midwest and south, crop insurance payments on waterlogged land have surged 300 percent in recent decades. That number will likely rise.
