Government, the Family Farm and Payment Limits
By Andrew Swenson, Farm and Family Economics Specialist, NDSU Extension Service - The political reason often given for annually funneling billions of dollars to producers and landlords is to support family farms. Yet the number of family farms declines each year. Given this trend, advocates of family farms may conclude that different policies are needed while others may claim that concentration in agriculture is inevitable.
31 July 2001
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