Articles written by Mary Clare Jalonick Associated Press Writer Washington

MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON

EDITOR'S NOTE — An occasional look at government promises and how well they are kept. Lawmakers crafting a sweeping farm bill in 2008 promised it would cut government payments to wealthy farmers. Two years later, little appears to have changed. Data being made public today shows that the wealthiest farmers in the country are still receiving the bulk of government cash, despite claims from lawmakers that reforms in the bill would put more money in the hands of smaller farms. At the same time, a series of exemptions written i...