Farm Subsidies

First off what are subsidies for farms? Its money that helps off set losses. It is for both small and large farmers. If both have a loss both are going to get hurt. Subsidies are there to keep all farmers in business. There should not be a preference made between the large millionaire and the tiny farmer down the street. They are both there to feed us. Large and small is simple how much land a farmer has to grow. And it is the larger farms that supply most of our foods.

“The government has paid $1.3 billion in subsidies to people who own “farmland” that is not even used for farming.” How about looking at it this way, the government is paying non-farmers to keep their farm land and not simple selling it off for more roads or buildings or a park.

“If farm subsidies ended, U.S. agriculture would continue to thrive. Farms would adjust, planting different crops and diversifying their sources of income.” Yes but at what cost? Not just to the smaller farmers but to us the consuumers and our wallets.

This is something that needs a lot more reseaching to dig deeper and to know just think its welfare for famers.