Federal Subsidies Turn Farms Into Big Business

The cornerstone of the multibillion-dollar system of federal farm subsidies is an iconic image of the struggling family farmer: small, powerless against Mother Nature, tied to the land by blood.
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Gilbert M. Gaul, Sarah Cohen and Dan Morgan

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