http://www.markwinne.com/farm-bill-or-food-bill/ Closing the Food Gap Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:14:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.markwinne.com/farm-bill-or-food-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-788 Brad Wilson Fri, 19 Nov 2010 08:24:18 +0000 http://winne.pmhclients.com/farm-bill-or-food-bill/#comment-788 There were no commodity subsidies in 1949, none till 77 for rice, 98 for soybeans, 61 for corn. We had adequate price floors and supply management. Corporate buyers paid living wage farm prices. These programs were reduced 1952-95 then ended, severely penalizing the 5 main crops (planted on the vast majority of farmland). Their prices were below full costs 1981-06 (USDA-ERS). Subsidies do not cause cheap corn, the lack of price floors does. Dan Imhoff's book has the same myths and falsehoods. If you don't advocate for a return of adequate price floors, supply management and reserves, you side with agribusiness on the biggest issue in the farm bill. Click on my name for more info. There were no commodity subsidies in 1949, none till 77 for rice, 98 for soybeans, 61 for corn. We had adequate price floors and supply management. Corporate buyers paid living wage farm prices. These programs were reduced 1952-95 then ended, severely penalizing the 5 main crops (planted on the vast majority of farmland). Their prices were below full costs 1981-06 (USDA-ERS).
Subsidies do not cause cheap corn, the lack of price floors does. Dan Imhoff’s book has the same myths and falsehoods. If you don’t advocate for a return of adequate price floors, supply management and reserves, you side with agribusiness on the biggest issue in the farm bill. Click on my name for more info.

]]> http://www.markwinne.com/farm-bill-or-food-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-305 adelaide Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:24:34 +0000 http://winne.pmhclients.com/farm-bill-or-food-bill/#comment-305 Nice article thank you for sharing! Nice article thank you for sharing!

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