farm subsidies

In Iowa, Sanders Addresses ‘Rural Community Issues We Almost Never Hear About’: Factory Farms and Big Ag

Climate, Crony Capitalism, Food, News, Rights of Nature, Social Equity / March 9, 2019

Corporate welfare…. Bernie Sanders: “The top 10{5fc40a96f14c4a6aa4c2a32569b0a57dcc67c0b31eb04c341474283f11b6cdd2} of farms currently get 77{5fc40a96f14c4a6aa4c2a32569b0a57dcc67c0b31eb04c341474283f11b6cdd2} of all subsidies. The time is long overdue for the US government to stand and protect rural American”  “Mega-mergers in the pork packing industry have fueled the rise of factory farms. Between 1982 and 2007, the number of hog farms in Iowa plunged …

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Farmers whacked again: Trump’s trade wars send farm loan delinquencies to 9-year high

Climate, Food, News / March 4, 2019

Brazil and Russia have been filling the market with US farmers left in the cold. “Farm communities aren’t easily going to bounce back from this. Even if Trump’s trade wars end tomorrow, the debts incurred during his multiple tantrums will be hanging over farmers for years.” Trump’s trade wars send farm loan delinquencies to 9-year …

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