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AgChat discussion on Farm Subsidies
What Are Farm Subsidies and How Do They Work?.
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- #Farm subsidies may not be well understood. What exactly are farm subsidies and how are they used?
- Is CRP program helping or hindering young farmers who need access to pasture to lease or buy but can't find any?
- Is it fair that food stamp recipients have a means test while farm subsidy recipients don't?
- What's the 'fix' for farm prices to allow food to be produced economically & give farmers fair income?
- Do government regs ' subsidies result in a net increase or decrease in the cost of meat?
- What influence can subsidies have on what crops ' animals a farmer chooses to produce?
- How can we help others understand the various kinds of payments producers can receive and what's required?
- Direct payments appear to vary in importance by region. What do you grow, where and how important are they to you?
- How best can we respond to concerns about why ethanol is subsidized? What is your personal opinion?
- How would you change or re-structure the farm subsidy program?
- What's the one executable idea you'll be working on as a result of this week's discussion?
