“...Understanding Washington’s farm policy is trickier today than it was a few years ago....”
No, it isn’t.
It’s about Control, same as it was then, same as it will be tomorrow, and a month from now, or a year from now.
Control the food supply, and you control people.
It’s the desire of sinful humans to get adulation and praise from other people. Now people may praise other people for good reason, but if it doesn’t come from God first then it is in vain.