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It is apparently easier to make the subsidies continue forever than to consider growing alternatives.
by greenonions 5y ago
It is apparently easier to make the subsidies continue forever than to consider growing alternatives.
- DerArzt 5y agoYep. When it comes to specialization farmers are not excluded. All crops, if their production can be mechanized, need specialized tools to farm at scale. In Iowa at least this looks like combines that are tooled for corn and soybean to allow for cycling the fields every few years. (Not an expert, just a resident)
- gutitout 5y agoThat is the American issue in a nutshell.