The primary advantage of farm subsidies is for the farmer to make a profit. Without subsidies farmers would loose money because the prices paid for farm products is too low.
Subsidies help the supply of food to be abundant therefore lowering the cost of food for the general public.
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Farmers use more pesticides on lands they do cultivate to make up for lost production.
Costs and conquenses of providing subsidies
Costs and conquenses of providing subsidies
Subsidies may encourage continued inefficiency among producers. Workers and firms will be less productive due to the extra income they receive through subsidies.
You would probably have to search by state. Do a google search for your state with "farm subsidies" you should come up with something
Robert D Reinsel has written: 'The distribution of farm program payments, 1987' -- subject(s): Agricultural subsidies, Statistics 'Aspects of farm finances' -- subject(s): Agricultural subsidies, Farm income
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state and federal subsidies
Poor service provisions Reliance on subsidies Outmigration Falling farm incomes Land prices imbalance
In the whole country, it varies by year. For a given farm, it's based on acreage, weather, and more.
The year 1996 ushered in a new era of market-dependent farming after Congress passed the "Freedom to Farm" bill, which curtailed government involvement by gradually reducing farm subsidies over a seven-year period set to end in 2002.
Government subsidies make goods more easily attainable for their citizens. For example, the United States government heavily subsidizes gasoline so it is cheaper than it is in other countries such as countries in Europe, where they do not subsidize and the prices are much higher.
Farmers use more pesticides on lands they do cultivate to make up for lost production.
Opinion # 1Many people have suggested that eliminating farm subsidies would assist in balancing the budget. While I support gradual long-term elimination of subsidies in favor of a normalized market and privatized crop insurance, I also believe most of these same people have an unrealistic view of the potential savings. The sequester we are currently experiencing is approximately $85 billion, while eliminating all farm subsidies including federal crop insurance would only save about $18 billion. Furthermore, in the interests of fair play, if we choose to dump crop insurance we should also dump federal flood insurance and disaster assistance. Let's see how that would play out with the liberals. If we drop non-insurance subsidies, we would only save about $6 billion in actual commodity payments. There you go, folks -- we saved a grand total of 0.16% of the federal budget.
Costs and conquenses of providing subsidies