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Federal crop insurance subsidies grew to record highs last year, and a growing chorus of farmers and other groups say the system needs reform.

The current bill was set to expire in September, but Congress gave itself a yearlong extension to negotiate a new one.

The EPA’s newest assessment of water quality and nutrient pollution in U.S. rivers and streams shows almost no progress on cutting the nitrogen pollution that comes primarily from farm chemical

That's a problem because it can cause algae blooms, contaminate drinking water and feed the so-called “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico.

For decades, federal and state officials have struggled to control farm runoff, the biggest source of nutrient pollution that is not typically federally regulated.