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Farmers are literally subsidized to over-produce for food security.
by xboxnolifes 6mo ago
Farmers are literally subsidized to over-produce for food security.
- hnthrow0287345 6mo agoWhich of course is not enough due to other expenses: https://www.fb.org/market-intel/farm-bankruptcies-continued-to-climb-in-2025 https://www.fb.org/market-intel/farm-bankruptcies-continued-... https://www.adamsandreese.com/the-ledger/rising-farm-distress-preparing-for-increased-agriculture-bankruptcies-in-2026-2027 https://www.adamsandreese.com/the-ledger/rising-farm-distres... And those farms get bought up and folded into for-profit operations. You simply can't fix this in the current system.
- JumpCrisscross 6mo ago> for food security They overproduce for votes. Countries without farmer blocks swinging elections stockpile non-perishables for food security.
- xboxnolifes 6mo agoFor both. With or without the voting block, they still serve the purpose of over-producing.
- JumpCrisscross 6mo ago> With or without the voting block, they still serve the purpose of over-producing Overproduction is the method. Food security the aim. If they weren’t a swing voting block, the overproduction loses purpose.