21.   Every year they borrow from the bank to plant their crops, then hope to pay back the loans with the proceeds of their harvests.

22.   Farmers could plant crops based on market signals.

23.   Farm land is depleted every year, because farmers plant crops such as beans and rice that bring quick money but strain the soil.

24.   Farmers are urging for the passage of the bill so they can make plans to plant their crops during the coming weeks.

25.   Food crops always were planted, though.

26.   Generally, any farmer who has planted a crop during one of the last five years is eligible for subsidies.

27.   He planned to follow with soybeans, planting each crop directly into the residue of the other.

28.   He spends a lot of time clearing brush, planting crops and building tree stands.

29.   His bill would allow them to receive government payments for techniques such as planting winter crops that return carbon to the soil.

30.   If farmers plant a bigger soybean crop than last year, as traders expect, the pressure will be off and prices should stabilize or fall, traders said.