Farm subsidies

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Farm Subsidies

2007

Supporting Farm Subsidies

Agriculture has been a major pillar , if not the foundation , of developing economies because it provides food security , creates employment and generates local capital . In the early 1900s , however , it was ruled that the government has no role in regulating its farmers thus even during the period of economic adversities , government safely stayed out of the farming business . This was so until the Great Depression hit the United States and with an argument from former Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt that

others must be taxed so that the farmers could be subsidized thus the beginning of farm subsidy which simply means a monetary support given by the government to farmer . This can be cash payment that farmer receive as checks or the other form such as loan With a good purpose even so , this aspect of government trade policy has been contested for so many reasons

The Environmental Working Group (EWG ) stated that just ten percent of America 's largest and richest farms collect almost three-fourths of federal farm subsidies such as cash payments that too often promote harmful environmental practices ' With contentions that the farm subsidy block out foreign competition and that the agricultural subsidy system was already bloated that reward only a handful of rich farmers it is objective to present its side which will justify why government should support this action

Aside from the consideration that farm subsidies improve the food stamp initiatives of a government and boost one 's nutrition by providing affordable if not free fruits , vegetables and other agricultural crops to its citizens , it is rightful to disclose its benefits and beneficiaries . Such is the case of the Farm Bill of the United States , a massive piece of federal legislation and recently approved by its Congress , which aims to govern what children are fed in schools and what food assistance programs can distribute to recipients . The bill provides billions of dollars in subsidies , much of which goes to huge agribusinesses producing feed crops , such as corn and soy , which are then fed to animals . By funding these crops , the government supports the production of meat and dairy products . Fruit and vegetable farmers , on the other hand , receive less than 1 percent of government subsidies

It was objected that for years , American taxpayers have provided tens of billions of dollars in federal farm subsidies to some of the largest and wealthiest farm businesses in the nation . However , it is just a matter of unawareness that thousands of people benefit from the subsidy flow because they were shielded from public view behind layers of partnerships , joint ventures , limited liability corporations cooperatives , and other business structures that obscured their personal subsidy claims . The EWG developed a subsidy record that provides nearly full disclosure of federal farm subsidy beneficiaries for the first time . Individuals , sometimes numbering in the dozens , whose subsidy benefits pass through one or more plantation-scale farm businesses that produce vast quantities of subsidized cotton , rice and other...