date:May 14, 2013
f the American Soybean Association (ASA). He hasn't grown cotton since 2006 on his 1,500-acre farm.
Yet, as a Southerner, Murphy understands the challenges facing rice and cotton, crops that remain a significant part of Mississippi's economy. Northern members of Congress who oppose efforts to raise their farm bill subsidies sometimes malign them. Last year's Senate version of a farm bill dropped the counter-cyclical program.
This year, with Senator Thad Cochran of Mississippi as the ranking me