The Senate Ag Committee Chair says farm bill negotiations can start as soon as Republican leaders release their priorities.

Michigan Democrat Debbie Stabenow tells Brownfield, “I’ve not seen anything specific from my Ranking Member yet, so I’m anxious to see that in order to have a negotiation.”

“I need to see proposals from my Republican colleague, and I’ve not yet seen them,” she explains.

Stabenow says the House version goes back to government payments and she expects it to split a farm and food coalition of rural and urban lawmakers.

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