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Taxpayers Lose with More Unnecessary Farm Subsidy Layers

July 26, 2012 | Policy Brief | Agriculture

Taxpayers Lose with More  Unnecessary Farm Subsidy Layers Federal farm programs are ripe for reform, especially those that lock in record high prices and guarantee farmers’ expected income. As... Read More

Turning a Drought into a Fiscal Disaster

July 24, 2012 | Policy Brief | Agriculture

Turning a Drought into a Fiscal Disaster Politicians on both sides of the aisle are trying to take advantage of the drought crisis to foist a trillion-dollar farm bill on... Read More

House Farm Bill Draft Analysis: Squanders Savings, Recycles Wasteful Ideas, and Creates New Subsidy Entitlement Programs

July 05, 2012 | Policy Brief | Agriculture

House Farm Bill Draft Analysis: Squanders Savings, Recycles Wasteful  Ideas, and Creates New Subsidy Entitlement Programs Yesterday, the House Agriculture Committee released its 2012 Farm Bill draft which eliminates some wasteful commodity programs but... Read More

Senate’s New Way to Lock in Unlimited Farm Subsidies

July 04, 2012 | Policy Brief | Agriculture

On June 21, the Senate passed a few long-awaited reforms to the farm subsidy maze. Unfortunately, at the same time, they also increased... Read More

Federal-Free Risk Management in Agriculture

June 18, 2012 | Fact Sheet | Agriculture

Federal-Free Risk Management in Agriculture Like all businesses, agricultural producers face a number of risks in maintaining a profitable enterprise. Successful management of these... Read More

Senate Ag Committee: More is Less

June 17, 2012 | Policy Brief | Agriculture

(Originally published June 8, 2012) With debate on the 2012 Farm Bill underway on the Senate Floor, proponents of this nearly trillion... Read More

Farm Safety Net Proposals that Fail to Save

April 22, 2012 | Agriculture

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has released a report that will help you study up for this Wednesday’s Senate Farm Bill mark-up... Read More

Government Report Reinforces Need to Harvest Savings in Crop Insurance

April 11, 2012 | Agriculture

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released a report detailing the potential to save more than a billion dollars a year... Read More

Crop Insurance: A Federal Cash Assurance Program

February 09, 2012 | Fact Sheet | Agriculture

Federal crop insurance is a highly taxpayer subsidized program that allows agricultural producers to shift their business risk onto... Read More

Cashing In: Biofuels Industry Buys Congress’s Continued Support

November 09, 2011 | Reports & Data | Agriculture , Energy

Cashing In: Biofuels Industry Buys Congress’s Continued Support Taxpayers for Common Sense released today a report detailing the heavily subsidized biofuels industry's political clout. The biofuels... Read More

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September 13, 2013

Syria: Excuse 535 To Not Cut the Deficit

Volume XVIII No. 37 Possible action in Syria has become the most recent excuse du jour for Pentagon boosters... Read More