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Government commodity payments continue to shift to larger farms, higher income households
Story Date: 3/14/2012
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Source: USDA ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE, 3/2012
Federal farm commodity programs have been making payments directly to farmers based on either current or historical agricultural production for decades. While commodity program payments to farmers vary considerably from one year to the next, they continue to play an important role in agricultural policy, accounting for $6 billion to $16 billion annually between 1999 and 2009. (Payments from conservation programs are not covered in this article.)
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