Replies to post #16676 on The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

[wow_happens28]

Sad when something not really "farm" holds it up, food stamps.

[DewDiligence]

USDA’s 2018 farm assistance=$9.6B (nominally to offset tariffs):

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-prepares-more-payments-to-trade-hit-farmers-11545089112

The USDA’s plan includes direct cash payments to producers of soybeans, hogs, sorghum, dairy products, cherries and other goods. The USDA is also spending $200 million to promote U.S. farm goods in other export markets, and is buying up to $1.2 billion worth of such commodities, which will be distributed to food-assistance programs.