Apr 21 2008
Is it Time for the Government to Get Out of the “Non-Farming” Business?
Although I do not put much credence in the “shock articles” indicative of the Main Stream Media, I believe they may be doing a service for once. There is a need to produce more agricultural goods.
With the push for bio-fuels (which I contend does not have to be made out of and currently produced food stock), and rising food prices, farmers need to bring their fields back into production. What stops them? The government subsidising farmers not to plant crops. Billions of taxpayer dollars are wasted on this program. In addition, these subsidies cause prices to remain artificially high, thus creating an extra burden on the country and the world.
With over 30 million acres inactive (and that is just registered farm land) , just think how much more crops could be produced and what the reduction in prices would mean.
