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People consume too much meat and dairy, which requires lots of corn and soy for feed. Thats one reason why corn and soy is so heavily subsidized.
by devmunchies 9y ago
People consume too much meat and dairy, which requires lots of corn and soy for feed. Thats one reason why corn and soy is so heavily subsidized.
- kwhitefoot 9y agoWhy does that make the production heavily subsidized? Surely the state doesn't need to subsidize what is already very popular?
- bluGill 9y agoThe state has a different concern: making sure you have enough to eat. One crop failure and people starve to death. We as a society have chosen to solve this problem by subsidizing farming ensuring that there are more crops grown every year than is strictly needed. As such farmers plant more crops than people will eat. This ensures that in bad years there is still enough food. You can argue that there is a better solution to the problem, but don't argue against subsidizes without a different solution.
- mod 9y agoYou're right, but it doesn't have to. Switch to rabbit meat, for instance.