Farmers take advantage of this and its bullshit.....they are double dipping....They claim that they cant get their corn in the ground, take a handout, then plant beans and take the profit from that when it is harvested.
Farmers pay for crop insurance every year, and like most with insurance it isn't used very often. Also, if they are able to "double dip" as you say, they are withheld a certain amount but are paid the input costs of what they has incurred to that point prior to planting second crop, according to the article you presented.
Others are saying farmers get paid to plant nothing and then refer to crp.(speaking specifically about farmers that raise crops) CRP is a costly program to implement and upkeep. Those fields have to be kept up to a certain level and costs are no longer shared in the new program. Previously they were up to 50 percent. Certain weeds, and tree infestations controls have to be kept up. This is costly whether one does it during the program or they decide to do it when it comes out, which is against the contract. I have experience with both and by the time one has done all that needs to be done to keep the land in farmable condition when it comes out of program or to get it farmable when it comes out is very costly, speaking only in monetary terms. By the time one factors in time along with all the expenses one gets close to the 15 dollar an hour minimum wage the liberals want, as the take home on the property.
Ranchers, whom I'll define as those that only raise animals for a living don't have much for subsidies to keep them floating. They live and die by the markets.
Cheap food is made possible by these farmers and ranchers that the government keeps in line with all their programs. These programs shouldn't be the reason to hate/dislike ag producers.
If you don't like as a whole, farmers/ranchers for not giving permission to hunt or fish, that is nuts. I get not liking ones that effed up your hunts on private land, hate them, not all. Also, hate the slob hunters whom are part of your/our group, hunters who have ruined the opportunities on thousands if not millions of acres because of actions described in previous posts.
Make friends with one farmer/rancher, work with them on their land, help each other get to know one another and perhaps you will have a place to hunt besides public.
No sugar coating here, It is getting tougher to find places to hunt. Leasing, habitat torn out for development or to farm, burned landowners from previous hunters, horrible publicized poaching stories, and over burdened public land all have a part to play in this.
Hunting is dying in my opinion and no one is sadder about this than I. I think many realize this and it has colored their attitude and how they present it, on hunting forums and anywhere else.
