Cedar Rapids Gazette: Iowa’s U.S. senators, both Republicans, went separate ways when the Agriculture Committee voted Wednesday to approve the 2018 farm bill. “Timely passage” by the committee will keep the farm bill on track for action by the House and Senate this year, Sen. Joni Ernst said. She welcomed inclusion of conservation and commodity programs that were incorporated into the legislation. However, Sen. Chuck Grassley cast the lone “no” vote because it didn’t limit farm safety net payments to nonfarmers who “game the system and take resources away from real, working farmers.”