With grocery prices up nearly 6 percent over the past year, it might seem odd that the federal government is paying farmers a fortune to not grow food.
Odd but true. The government last year paid $1.8 billion to farmers for…
To a considerable degree, the federal Farm Bill of 2007 — which, five months into 2008 has yet to be passed by Congress — is a welfare program for millionaires. President George W. Bush calls it wasteful and promises to…
The new federal Farm Bill, a five-year, $280 billion extravaganza of research programs, crop subsidies, food programs and other agricultural spending, is caught up in a congressional tug of war.
Yanking one end are House liberals who want to protect food aid for…
