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New Farm Aid Materializes

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Thanks to the application of a little last-minute budgetary magic, the farm bill before the Senate this week authorizes about $10 billion in new subsidies, price guarantees and disaster aid in the next decade, even as farmers report near-record profits. (Washington Post [1], Tuesday)

Imagine if they weren't determined to reduce subsidies!

FEE Timely Classic
What Do Farmers Want from Me? [2] by Russell Roberts

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[1] Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/12/AR2007111201532.html?hpid=moreheadlines

[2] What Do Farmers Want from Me?: http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=4375

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