The so-called payment limit would rise, and USDA spending on crop supports and crop insurance would also rise by roughly one-third, or as much as $53 billion over 10 years, according to Republican staff workers.
Row-crop farmers would be able to collect up to $155,000 a year in crop subsidies, a $30,000 increase from the current limit, under the farm bill written by House Republicans and scheduled for a committee vote on Thursday. And, for the first time, the subsidy ceiling, often a lightning rod for reformers, would be adjusted annually for inflation.