Dairy Farmer Subsidies Fail to Meet Economic Scrutiny ; the Idea That Cows Make Open Fields Immune to Development Isn't Borne Out by Experience.
Portland Press Herald › July 25, 2006
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It would be more than a year before federal subsidies to smaller Eastern dairy farmers could be reduced or eliminated. Still, the Senate Agriculture Committee is already hearing criticism of the payments.
That criticism deserves attention, because it points out the problems inherent in subsidizing any product in a competitive market.See the full content of this document
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Dairy Farmer Subsidies Fail to Meet Economic Scrutiny ; the Idea That Cows Make Open Fields Immune to Development Isn't Borne Out by Experience.
Those problems include keeping inefficient producers in business; creating more o...
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