How farm subsidies work: an overview

Sunday, December 2, 2007

Money for farm subsidies makes up only about 10 percent of the farm bill (the version being debated in the Senate calls for $288 billion in funding). Other money goes to research, alternative fuels, school lunch and food stamp programs and other programs.

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