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The 2018 Farm Bill does nothing about the major problem farmers face — the lack of a price that is even close to the full cost of production.
Comment, Opinion

Comment: U.S. Farm Bill: ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’

The latest Farm Bill does nothing about the major problems — low prices and overproduction

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As we began reading details from the recently passed 2018 Farm Bill, it reminded us of the old 1960s spaghetti western starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach, “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.” Except in this case no one is likely to end up with the gold. Let’s start with the

Stalled farm bill could move fast after Democrat House win

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Washington | Reuters – Congress may swiftly resolve a drawn-out impasse on the U.S. Farm Bill now that Democrats are poised to retake control of the legislative body, the top Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee said on Wednesday. Collin Peterson, ranking member and presumptive new chair of committee, said passing the crucial agricultural legislation was going
Congress, the White House, and most commodity groups are positioning U.S. agriculture to repeat a colossal Farm Bill failure.
Comment, Opinion

Comment: Tell me if you’ve heard this before

Because agriculture policy-makers can’t remember history, farmers may be doomed to repeat it

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Truisms don’t need to be completely true to be a truism. For example, “If you live long enough, you’ll see everything” doesn’t mean you will see everything if you live a long life. You may see a great deal, but it’s highly unlikely you’ll see “everything.” Simone de Beauvoir, a French novelist and existentialist, turned
One critic of the latest U.S. Farm Bill says it creates more loopholes and gives more subsidies to people who have no business receiving them.
Opinion

Opinion: The winning losers

The U.S. Farm Bill has kicked off a new spirit of bipartisanship — everyone hates it

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There’s something fundamentally wrong with a legislative process that delivers a Farm Bill so deeply flawed that groups as politically diverse as the ruby red Heritage Foundation and the ocean blue Environmental Working Group (EWG) join forces to publicly condemn it. And yet on May 8, EWG’s senior vice-president of government affairs Scott Faber moderated

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