1.   Cotton and rice growers dropped their opposition to greater planting flexibility but won the right to keep lucrative subsidies called marketing loans, which promote exports.

2.   Cotton and rice growers dropped their opposition to greater planting flexibility.

3.   Corn and soybean growers generally support the plan, their Washington lobbyists have said, citing its planting flexibility.

4.   Farmers would have complete planting flexibility and growers would sign seven-year contracts in exchange for fixed but declining subsidies.

5.   Preliminary reaction among some commodity groups is mixed, with corn growers generally favoring the idea for its planting flexibility.

6.   Wheat and corn farmers would have full planting flexibility but cotton and rice growers would largely retain current restrictions.