Farm subsidies are available to single family farms as well as corporate farms. This is not corporate welfare.
These subsidies are paid out to prevent over production. Over production causes prices to drop through the floor, destroying the ability for farmers to make a profit, and causing damage to the food supply.
I have mixed thoughts on these subsidies. I know some folks think corporations shouldn’t get the payments. It’s my take that if you exclude corporations, you destroy the program.
Right now we’re experiencing some shortages related to bio-fuels. This would seem to indicate that less not more subsidies are called for. I would favor an adjustment downward.
I understand where folks are coming from, when it comes to subsidies. I am not convinced that if they were totally eliminated, it would be a positive thing. It could turn out to be a devistatingly bad thing.
Amazing coming from a conservative-oriented website !
Central planning cannot replicate a free market. Bureaucrats will never give us a healthy farm sector. We don’t need to be subsidizing any farm, personal or corporate.
And BTW, many family farms are small corporations (LLC) these days. It’s a liability thing.
We could USE some overproduction right now.