Photo of the Day: Farm Bill's Folly

For decades, country and city interests had come together every few years to pass the farm bill, a measure that provided billions of subsidies to farmers and businesses in rural areas and food stamp money for urbanites. No more. The defeat of the 2013 farm bill highlighted how the country-city political marriage became yet another victim of partisan politics.

Jul 2, 2013

(AP) — Cows line up to feed at a farm in Danville, Vt. on Oct. 16, 2012. For decades, country and city interests had come together every few years to pass the farm bill, a measure that provided billions of subsidies to farmers and businesses in rural areas and food stamp money for urbanites.

No more. The defeat of the 2013 farm bill highlighted how the country-city political marriage became yet another victim of partisan politics. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)