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Originally Posted by Nytro
Farm subsidies are extremely complicated and vary from state to state. If someone really wants to wade thru all the mumbo jumbo here's a great website to start with.
http://www.ewg.org/farm/region.php?fips=00000
67 percent of all farmers and ranchers do not collect government subsidy payments in United States, according to USDA. Among subsidy recipients, ten percent collected 73 percent of all subsidies amounting to $120.5 billion over 11 years. Recipients in the top 10% averaged $34,190 in annual payments between 1995 and 2005. The bottom 80 percent of the recipients saw only $704 on average per year. |
I knew less about this topic than I thought. The top 10% averaged $34,190 in annual payments? That doesn't seem like much for a buisness.
Eric