Rice is likeliest crop to trigger U.S. subsidy this year

Commodity prices are down sharply this year for major crops yet wheat and soybeans may not trigger subsidies under the new farm law, says economist Carl Zulauf of Ohio State University in a blog. He says among the eight major crop, “long grain rice is the most likely to receive a payment from the 2014 farm… » Read More

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