3/12/18

How can we have cheap food prices and very efficient farmers?  by government smoothing the variations and subsidizing farmers

• the system pushes farmers to prioritize yield at any cost
• large farmers tend to benefit more than small
• government subsidies for ethanol are an important part of the recent story--so finding non-food uses for agricultural products
  
• should we end US programs intended to reduce production in order to feed a growing world population?
  

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