Thank you for the correction regarding the dairymen. I was remembering TV reports from my childhood and failed to do my homework before posting.
I remember that there was a scandal involving Billy Sol Estes, but would have been hard pressed to explain it. Regarding the “suicide”, there was also the story of the NM coroner who declared a death to be suicide under similar bolt-action multi-round circumstances.
The whole issue of farm subsidies has always bothered me. It has appeared to be a thinly disguised welfare system, but I am willing to listen to anyone that can provide a cogent argument to the contrary. [”They need the money” is not a valid argument. I need money, too.] It is interesting that Eisenhower’s Sec’y of Agriculture argued against them.
We probably agree that no matter the subject, farming, “green” energy, gas milage, oil and gas, etc., should be left to the market to sort out. The market is self-correcting, the government is not.