After reading the previous replies...people that talk about exact price per bushel - what the subsidy is, even the price of corn a year ago...don"t have facts or understanding about conditions or the current program- just opinions, and their numbers are wrong. Not trying to defend the program, just saying that there is so much misinformation here, and I"m not about to go through each line, but as usual, the most thoughtful, true response came from paul, with Kyhayman right behind. Current Direct Payment program payment is based on history of crop acres per farm. If you farm more acres, you get more dollars- duh! Base acres are based on acres of certain crops for several years. ie, since we had a dairy farm, with many acres in alfalfa, not a program crop, we had fewer corn acres, so the farm qualifies for smaller subsidies for my renter. Neighbors who were hog farmers, raising only corn, have a higher corn base, so get more. Soybean acres don"t count...here, it"s corn, oats, wheat, barley. No rice/cotton history. (again, duh, this is MN) Personally, I"d like to see the end of all farm programs. Used to be, in my Dad"s time, the farmer had way more control over his farm, even then there were some restrictions, but not like now. The regulatory agency was the CHECKBOOK. If he had the money to cut a ditch to drain the wet spots enough to get a decent crop...dig a waterhole for the cattle...decide which acres he could plant a crop in...we"ve lost that through the current program. Now, it is the "carrot and stick approach"- sign up, do this, no- you can"t do that. But, the obese bellyachers are doing that on a FULL stomach- where did all that FOOD come from? Maybe, the right to farm? On the other hand, if the gov stays out of dictating to us, they should stay out of our co-ops marketing by enacting embargoes. Why not open trade to Cuba for our livestock producers, etc? Hungry market, 90 miles away. What better way to prove the value of capitalism?
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