Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics at the University of Nebraska at LincolnPROFILE
Brad Lubben
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FROM Brad Lubben
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Income and Federal Subsidies Up for US Farmers Increased farm subsidies have made strange bedfellows of environmentalists and the Bush Administration. They agree that that the big federal money goes to big agri-business, at the expense of the little guys, not what subsidies were designed to do. Even the Wall Street Journal calls the Farm Bill a "millionaire safety net" which raises taxes to pay off the rich. What does it mean for the environment? What are the prospects of another "bubble" with results like those for dot-coms and housing?
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