Farmers Balk as Trump Budget Caps Crop Insurance Subsidies

By and | May 25, 2017

  • May 25, 2017 at 8:14 am
    RiceSusan Hacked the 2012 Election says:
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    I haven’t read all of the details yet, but the cuts seem too deep for stability in the Agriculture Industry. However, I do support limits on subsidies, which are currently unlimited. The current unlimited subsidy situation results in a moral hazard of farmers seeking too large subsidies relative to their primary objective.

    • May 25, 2017 at 1:42 pm
      FarmerJoe says:
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      Reducing Crop Insurance participation by any group of farmers changes the cost for ALL farmers because it changes the risk pool. Caps on crop insurance support would disproportionately affect midsize or large farms and high-value crops like fruits & organic crops. Midsize and large farms could produce >75% of all crop production in the US.

  • May 25, 2017 at 11:56 am
    Stush says:
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    I don’t know about that and will at least say I’ll leave that determination up to those who actually do the work. But I doubt that u-no-who knows anything about it either. What does a real estate developer know about farming? or even care? if he would stiff his contractors, why should farmers expect better treatment than that?

    • May 25, 2017 at 1:54 pm
      RiceSusan Hacked the 2012 Election says:
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      Sonny Perdue, not TrumPresident, is driving this planned cutback.

      It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken and to roll back subsidies to farmers!

  • May 25, 2017 at 5:42 pm
    vox sanitus says:
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    Oh, boo-hoo! Now farmers will have to make it on their own and realize that in large part they voted for a back-stabbing city slicker. Frankly, I get no subsidies so why should farmers?

    • May 25, 2017 at 5:53 pm
      Agent says:
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      Wow, vox, you should suck on a few Cannibas lozenges and calm down. We have been paying farmers far too long to not grow crops in this country and we are the bread basket of the world. How about we try exporting crops to other countries and grow, grow, grow. It is kind of like the oil industry of drill baby, drill. Independence is a good thing.

    • May 26, 2017 at 4:34 pm
      FarmerJoe says:
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      The federal crop insurance program replaces emergency disaster relief programs. Think about 2012. In the middle of the presidential primary, the Midwest was in the midst of the worst drought in decades. Agricultural policy did not hijack the primaries because the farmers knew that they had paid their insurance premiums and they would be compensated for their losses in a timely fashion. In fact, they had money to buy seed, fertilizer, etc and were ready to plant for the next season. That fall, Hurricane Sandy devastated NY and NJ. Many towns had to borrow money because Congressmen from other parts of the country didn’t want to authorize disaster relief. Many of the homeowners have still not rebuilt five years later because there was no set distribution of aid.

      In the event of an agricultural disaster, the federal government will come to the rescue of the American farmers. At least with crop insurance, we know in advance how much it will cost and that the distribution system is in place.

  • May 25, 2017 at 6:39 pm
    Boonedoggle says:
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    Obviously fake news. The exit polls showed that over 77% of the farmers voted for the Trump/Putin regime. They also polled strongly against big government and welfare.

    • May 26, 2017 at 9:44 am
      PolarBeaRepeal says:
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      What is a TrumPutin regime, and where can I see one?

      Nas Zdrowie!

    • May 26, 2017 at 9:50 am
      PolarBeaRepeal says:
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      Farmers realize they will have to stand on their own in the long run.

      Subsidies lost can be passed along to consumers in increased costs, or not added to cost of goods sold if they use mechanization for greater efficiency and cost savings.

      • May 30, 2017 at 9:35 am
        Agent says:
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        Polar, farming has been subsidized for decades with the goal of regulating prices on about every commodity. They are paid to not grow which is a form of Socialism and farmers have gotten used to it.

  • May 30, 2017 at 10:25 am
    knowall says:
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    Emotions aside, it is a fact that much more of the ag department’s payments go to food stamp (type of) programs than to producers. The crop insurance and farmer direct or indirect subsidies are a much smaller percentage of the budget. I’ve read that more people are on food assistance than during the depression, prob because many more lived on farms then and grew the bulk of their own food.

    There are some farms that could survive with fewer subsidies, but
    they are not your local small farmer working 14 hour days who needs a helping hand once in awhile.

  • May 30, 2017 at 11:38 am
    DC says:
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    Great! Now on to cutting the subsidies to railroads.

    • May 31, 2017 at 9:04 am
      Captain Planet says:
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      DC,
      Amen! And corporations in general. The amount of corporate welfare in the US is out of control.

  • February 17, 2018 at 12:09 pm
    Frank deTank says:
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    About time. Ag has received billions in taxpayer dollars all the while complaining about spending and welfare. They are some of the biggest feeders at the federal trough. Crop insurance should be fully funded by producer premiums or you take your chances just like any other business.



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