Deere6 - 5/31/2026 21:16
DCH - 5/31/2026 20:30
Kooiker - 5/31/2026 18:26
DCH - 5/31/2026 17:55 In agriculture, why are we paying government money of any type outside the sweet spot of productivity???
FIFY
End ALL subsidies. Get rid of wasteful govt spending and stop inflation. Let the market decide what to produce and where.
You aren’t very bright.
Purpose of subsidies has to do with providing the US population with cheap food so they can spend the savings to expand the economy. Inflation is a bi product.
It is what all countries strive for in different forms.
You realize we export or turn into fuel half of corn and soy crops right? Not even to mention the relatively small portion of $ that the basic commodity contributes to final food that is consumed?
Edit: we export roughly 40% of our beans with the biggest share of those going to China
(maybe not last year?
), so we are subsidizing food for China?
300 bushel corn
