Farm bill’s default reference price hikes could add billions to subsidy costs

Almost every farm in the country will benefit from a more generous trigger for crop subsidy payments in the years ahead if Congress does nothing more than extend the current farm law, said associate professor Jonathan Coppess of the University of Illinois on Thursday. Corn and soybean growers would see the maximum 15 percent increase… » Read More

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