Where does a big city newspaper get it's expertise on farming. On a Sunday drive through the countryside? How can the newspaper claim farming is so inefficient and in need of subsidy when airlines and public transportation also requires federal subsidy to remain in operation? How about big steel mills in Pitt? How much subsidy do they get for their products? Perhaps federal subsidy of all business should end and then we could really see the impact of how much influence a government "we the people" subsidy has on everyday life.
As for feeding the rest of the world, apparantly our "inefficient farming system" is among the most efficient in the world if we are able to export billions of dollars worth of food items to the rest of the "efficient but starving " world.
Add the drug companies to the subsidized list, they look like the big hogs at the table.
You have it backwards,
This left-wing rag is in favor of elimination of subsidies.
Their goal is to allow predatory competition to erode the stability of the agriculture sector and jeopardize our food supply.