Successful Farming: After playing a key role in development of the 2018 farm bill, Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley voted “no” in the final tally. For the past three farm bills, Grassley has advocated for caps on farm subsidies. In 2008, 2014, and again in 2018, he introduced amendments that would limit payments to $125,000 per year per person, $250,000 per couple, to be paid to one manager per farm – one that is actively engaged in the farming operation. The measure was cut from the final version of the bill. “But there was an issue that was left out, and if I had voted for the bill, I wouldn’t have been taken seriously again,” he said.