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Reason
September 2004
Jacob Sullum |
Cotton Belt Farmers in developing countries have long blamed U.S. cotton subsidies for encouraging overproduction and driving down world prices. A panel of three trade experts conclude that the subsidies violate WTO rules.   |
Reason
July 2005
Matt Welch |
Welfare Queen Farm subsidies for the filthy rich: Britain's queen received approximately $1.3 million in farm subsidies... Ted Turner nets a minimum of $698,127... etc. |
Food Engineering
September 3, 2007 |
Farm Bill Under Fire After months of movement through Congress in relative obscurity, the Farm Bill is igniting controversy. Everyone, it seems, is finding something in it not to like. |
Food Processing
September 2007
Cal Dooley |
Power Lunch: Reform, don't just renew, the farm bill This country needs a farm bill that reduces excessive taxpayer-funded subsidies to wealthy farmers and eliminates agricultural market distortions. |
Salon.com
May 1, 2002
Damien Cave |
Old McDonald had a subsidy Congress is set to hand over $170 billion to farmers. But to one grower of fava beans in California's Central Valley, the money isn't just bad economics -- it's an outright insult... |
BusinessWeek
May 24, 2004 |
A Breakthrough In Trade Talks? Efforts to unblock stalled multilateral trade talks received a boost with a surprise May 10 offer by the European Union to do away with billions of dollars in agricultural export subsidies. |
Reason
November 2001
Michael W. Lynch |
Money for Nothing: The Joys of U.S. Farm Policy Why is there a stigma attached to using government-financed stamps to purchase food but no stigma attached to accepting government money to grow the food in the first place? American farm policy is filled with such stumpers... |
Reason
April 2008
Radley Balko |
Data: Handout Bonanza The Cato Institute researched the total number of subsidies handed out by the federal government since 1970. This chart shows their findings. |
Reason
February 2006
Griswold, Slivinski & Preble |
Six Reasons to Kill Farm Subsidies and Trade Barriers The time is ripe for unilaterally removing America's distorting agricultural trade policies. Here's how: 1. Lower Food Prices for American Families... 2. Lower Costs and Increased Exports for American Companies... etc. |
BusinessWeek
May 10, 2004
Paul Magnusson |
Take That, U.S. Farmers! A WTO court ruling on subsidies could tip the power balance in world trade talks |
Reason
November 2007
Katherine Mangu-Ward |
Zombie Farmers A July report from the Government Accountability Office found that the U.S. Department of Agriculture paid more than $1 billion in subsidies to 172,801 dead farmers during a six-year period. |
Reason
March 2007
Katherine Mangu-Ward |
Subsidy Creep American produce growers should get the same treatment as corn and wheat farmers if our farm policy is to be equitable, predictable and beyond challenge. |
BusinessWeek
August 26, 2010
Alan Bjerga |
Farmers Anxious About USDA's New Policies Organic food, nutrition, and broadband programs are trumping farm payments under Agriculture Secretary Vilsack's initiatives |
Finance & Development
June 2010
Clements et al. |
Oil Subsidies: Costly and Rising Reducing subsidies worldwide can bring substantial environmental benefits and create much-needed fiscal space |
The Motley Fool
March 8, 2005
Brian Gorman |
The Cotton Effect The WTO's ruling against U.S. cotton subsidies may mean changes for agricultural-product firms. It's a point that investors may want to keep in mind. |
The Motley Fool
May 19, 2004
Brian Gorman |
U.N. Plants Seed for Agribusiness Its endorsement of biotech foods could clear the way for agribusiness in the developing world. |
Food Engineering
February 26, 2007 |
Regulatory Watch The Bush Administration is pushing more than 65 new proposals as part of this year's farm bill., which is getting mixed reviews. |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2009
Jeff Winkler |
Diy Park Repairs: Community Organizing After floods ruined facilities at the Polihale State Park in Hawaii this past December, residents and business owners waited for help from the state. But residents couldn't wait for the state to do the job. |
