Source: POLITICO'S MORNING AGRICULTURE, 3/13/19

During a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Tuesday, Sens. Pat Roberts and Debbie Stabenow ("the aggie team," as Chairman Chuck Grassley called the Agriculture leaders) took the opportunity to knock the White House spending proposal released on Monday that would lower USDA's budget by 15 percent compared with estimated fiscal 2019 levels.

"We're not cutting crop insurance," Roberts said, referring to Trump's proposal to trim $22 billion over 10 years from federal crop insurance by cutting the portion of farmer premiumscovered by taxpayers. (Reminder: Most of the White House budget request is not expected to gain any traction in Congress.)

— "They say it's reform. It's not," the Kansas Republican continued. "It would gut the program. It's the one thing farmers, ranchers and growers all over the country said was the No. 1 issue."