Posted 10/2/2023 07:43 (#10424444 - in reply to #10424397) Subject: RE: Changing crop insurance to help beginning farmers
Crop insurance keeps local banks strong. Eliminating it would be pretty bad for the rural economy and the government that relies on cheap food to keep people happy. Large farms would get larger because they own enough land to survive poor years. Does crop insurance help farms get bigger? Yes. But it helps all farms have the opportunity to grow. Eliminating crop insurance would eliminate most farmers