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Obama’s Debt Reduction Plan Would Eliminate Wasteful Farm Subsidies
Kenneth A. Cook, president and co-founder of Environmental Working Group, has applauded President Obama's plan to reform the nation's wasteful agriculture policy in his drive to reduce the nation's...
Despite Claims of Reform, Subsidy Band Marches On
As the Senate Agriculture Committee meets today to discuss accountability and spending on farm programs, new data washes away the gloss of reform used by the subsidy lobby and its champions in...
House Votes to Cut Off Subsidies for Brazilian Cotton Farmers
A majority of the House of Representatives today approved an amendment that would end U.S. taxpayer-funded subsidies for Brazilian cotton farmers in one of a series of votes on an appropriations bill...
GOP Proposes To Cut Farm Payments
In a time of robust farm income and tight budgets, the House Republican budget resolution takes a small but welcome step toward a more equitable and sensible support structure for American farmers.