Both Scott and Thompson criticized the idea of excluding larger farms from farm bill programs, pointing out that these farms account for nearly 90% of U.S. ag production.
The new pricing system scraps a so-called fuel import parity policy that more closely aligned prices at the pump with the oil market and exchange rates.
New University of Colorado Boulder research shows the number of farms globally will shrink in half as the size of the average existing farms doubles by the end of the 21st century.
