Educate me on Farm Subsidies!

   / Educate me on Farm Subsidies!
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In order to mitigate risk for next year, we have elected to lease out parts of our holdings.

We took a "bath" this year. And since we did not have a lot of water, it was not pleasant.

Thank you all for your comments and pointers.

-Mike Z.
 
   / Educate me on Farm Subsidies! #52  
OPINION / Big difference in farm subsidies and federal crop insurance/ subsidies are part of the program and are available to everyone participating in that crop-I do not consider that to be a hand out. Federal crop insurance on the other hand is in place to remedy crop failures beyond the growers control/ The problem is the SAME people have the SAME failure year after year and WE pick up the bill.
 
   / Educate me on Farm Subsidies! #53  
LOOPHOLE said:
subsidies are part of the program and are available to everyone participating in that crop-I do not consider that to be a hand out.

Just curious, how is that not a handout? Just because a lot of people get it?

The way I look at it, if it isn't your money and you didn't do or sell anything to earn it then its a handout.
 
   / Educate me on Farm Subsidies! #54  
N 80////The way I look at it, if it isn't your money and you didn't do or sell anything to earn it then its a handout. Based on that I would say you are correct. My point was in my orginal post, [participating in that crop] $help is provided to ensure or assist farms to be profitable/ I never said anything about the landowners who reap free $ and who do not grow crops and have no active interest in doing so. Yep , that is a handout.
 
   / Educate me on Farm Subsidies! #55  
What about subsidized education? Didn't we all benefit from it. It certainly took money from people that didn't have any children.
 

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