Originally Posted by Jesus H Christ

How about we do both? Anyway, the average farmer can claim up to $40k or $80k per-household in federal subsidies regardless if they grow anything. The Government does this to stabilize prices to insure some type of a balanced system. The majority of farmers are republicans who will ignore the fact that farm subsidies are nothing more then a form of socialism. Or as I call it, favoritism because it's just another form of welfare.