Posted on Sep 5, 2023
The farm bill expires this month, and Congress still needs to decide what it will cost
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Time to Pick Up the Pace Congress!
The farm bill expires this month, and Congress still needs to decide what it will cost
Posted from kcur.org
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If the bill fails, everyone can expect to pay higher prices for groceries.
My son-in-law, his late father, and his uncle own a large farm/ranch. Over the past few years, they have received about $1.5 million in subsidies and crop insurance. The insurance did not cover the actual losses.
By the way, want to see how your state did in the past for farm subsidies?
https://farm.ewg.org/index.php
My son-in-law, his late father, and his uncle own a large farm/ranch. Over the past few years, they have received about $1.5 million in subsidies and crop insurance. The insurance did not cover the actual losses.
By the way, want to see how your state did in the past for farm subsidies?
https://farm.ewg.org/index.php
EWG's Farm Subsidy Database put the issue on the map and is driving reform. Just ten percent of America's largest and richest farms collect almost three-fourths of federal farm subsidies; cash payments that often harm the environment.
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SGT Mary G.
MSG Stan Hutchison Thanks for the link. I was not too surprised that in NM the commodities subsidy was the largest piece of our pie. However, it was very surprising, rather shocking, to look several more states and find all of their subsidies were a much larger share to commodities - half to 3/4 (NY). That suggests a lot of hungry people.
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