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Hey! I really like my cheap produce.
by fhood 9y ago
Hey! I really like my cheap produce.
- jetti 9y agoYou'd still get it cheap it just wouldn't be US grown
- wlesieutre 9y agoCheap meat is more likely to take a hit if we cut farm subsidies; feed crops are the biggest beneficiary (mostly corn). The data on wikipedia[1] is from 2004, but I haven't heard of any major reforms since then. From greatest to least, subsidies went to: corn, cotton, wheat, rice, soybeans, dairy, peanuts, sugar, minor oilseeds, tobacco, wool and mohair, vegetable oil products, and honey. Anything else is in the remaining 2%. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_subsidy#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_subsidy#United_St... EDIT: Note that sugar and onward are individually <2% (smaller than the "anything else" bucket)
- mcguire 9y agoMohair?
- devmunchies 9y agoMost of the government ag subsidies go towards meat, dairy, and corn. Gotta keep that bacon and high fructose corn syrup flowing into Americans, and corn flowing into the animals.
- JackFr 9y agoYou understand that subsidies create a price floor. Your produce would be cheaper in their absence.
- JackFr 9y agoWhy the downvote? Am I wrong?
- devmunchies 9y agoIt'd be nice if it wouldn't let you downvote unless (1) you also reply as to why you disagree or (2) upvoted someone who already posted a reply. A downvote by itself isn't helping anybody.
- mcguire 9y agoHistorically, yes. Food is cheaper now than it has been pre-subsidy. Naturally, prices fluctuate violently.