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Seriously, why are we heavily subsidizing this? (i.imgur.com)
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[–] Sorenchu@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Pretty much this. Agriculture subsidies have their roots in the great depression and dust bowl, but we have long since passed the point of having a majority of small family dairy farms. Now the primary beneficiary of subsidies are corporate farms. The USDA and the federal government took a stance of "get big or get out" and that's what happened. We should not be subsidizing corporations.