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  • Farm bill subsidies: Cheap insurance, or waste of taxpayer funds?

    Nov 10, 2023 9:15 am by National Public RadioIllinois in the News
    stock image via Getty. Hand holds roll of $100 bills in front of row crops

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    NPR (Nov. 9) Paying farmers to plant fewer crops, like a business’ supply and demand model, is 'relatively cheap social insurance,' says agricultural and consumer economics professor Jonathan Coppess.