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Farmers at the Trough

FARM SUBSIDIES have risen from $8 billion in 1997 to a projected $22 billion this year. Farm earnings have risen, too. Net farm income grew from $36 billion in 2002 to a record $83 billion in 2004. Although that fell last year to $72 billion and is forecast to drop again in 2006, to $56.2 billion,...