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Feingold Bill Would Limit Subsidies To Rich Corporate Farms
A prominent U.S. senator introduced legislation Tuesday to limit federal water subsidies to the richest corporate farms — a measure that could reduce the flow of cheap, taxpayer-subsidized water to...
Virtual Flood
The federal government has promised Central Valley agribusinesses it will increase the amount of taxpayer-subsidized irrigation water by 44 percent over the next 25 years, well beyond what the state's...
EWG News Release
The Bush Administration is paying some of the biggest and richest agribusinesses in America $17 million for cutbacks in their taxpayer-subsidized water supply. But an Environmental Working Group (EWG)...
UK To Reveal Farm Subsidy Recipients
Days after its new Freedom of Information law took effect, and spurred by a joint request from The Guardian newspaper of London and the Foreign Policy Centre (FPC) a London-based think tank on global...
A $400 Million Xmas Present From U.S. Taxpayers
Every year, U.S. taxpayers give California farmers a $400 million Christmas present.
News Release
Congress is expected to approve an additional $5.5 billion in emergency farm aid today, the fourth straight year it has been forced to supplement a 1996 law that was intended to end farm supports. But...
Press Release
As farmers head to the fields to harvest corn, soybeans and other crops that they know will bring ruinously low prices at the local grain elevator, Congressional leaders are quietly arranging a pre...
EWG Investigation Finds Controversial 1996 Farm Law Was Subsidy Boon for Largest Farms
Taxpayers may not realize it, but the billions they spend on subsidies to save family farms may be hastening their demise.
Budget Amendment Threatens New Farm Supports
The new "Freedom to Farm" subsidy contract payments that many farmers believe are guaranteed for the next 7 years will probably be slashed if Congress approves a balanced budget amendment to the U.S...