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• Taxpayers Cannot Afford a $1 Trillion Farm Bill

  TCS sent a letter urging the House to reject a new trillion dollar farm bill and instead enact a short-term extension....

  
• Back to School

  As kids head back to school, teachers are crossing their fingers hoping they won’t have to spend hours reteaching factoids forgotten over summer break....

  
• New Report Finds Millionaires Still Receive Farm Subsidies

  A new Government Accountability Office report finds that millionaires are still receiving farm subsidies despite efforts to rein them in. ...

  
• Income Guarantee for Agribusinesses: Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO) Shallow Loss Program

  “Shallow loss” programs are a luxury that would be the envy of any other industry....

  
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  Crop Insurance: A Federal Cash Assurance Program

  Federal crop insurance allows agricultural producers to shift their business risk onto taxpayers....

  

Washington wastes billions of taxpayer dollars annually on inefficient and outdated agriculture policies that do not address the realities of 21st-century agriculture, modern economies, or our nation’s current financial challenges. Many of these policies were created in the 1930’s as temporary measures ...More

to combat the Great Depression. Nearly 80 years later, most remain in place even though they fail to meet the needs of America’s farmers, rural communities, consumers, or taxpayers. Federal agricultural policy must be reformed to provide a limited, effective, and efficient safety net for agricultural producers – and to eliminate lavish, poorly-directed subsidies.

Every five years, Congress passes “Farm Bills,” establishing agricultural policies that are driven by politics and narrow concerns, instead of the public interest. For too long, Congress has failed to focus legislation on what should be our number-one priority: the need for a secure domestic food supply.

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