(NAFB.com) – Senate Ag Chair Debbie Stabenow spoke on the Senate floor and introduced the “Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act.” She says for more than two years, she’s been working with colleagues on both sides of the aisle to pass her sixth farm bill. “The farmers I met with made clear that the farm safety net must be the backbone of support for all farmers, and not just a handful of mostly southern commodities,” she said. “Large increases in farm subsidies shouldn’t be paid for on the back of our families in need or the broader needs of our small towns and rural communities.” Farm Policy News says her Senate bill and the House-approved bill differ in multiple ways. Top Ag Republican John Boozman of Arkansas quickly rejected the proposal, saying, “A partisan proposal released 415 days after the expiration of the current farm bill is insulting. America’s farmers deserve better.”