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Farm Bill: Lawmakers Try to Sow Seeds of Change
Critics of farm subsidies say the billions in payments to corn, cotton and soybean growers hurt the poor and the environment. But agriculture reform proves to be a hard crop to harvest in the halls of Congress.
Critics of farm subsidies say the billions in payments to corn, cotton and soybean growers hurt the poor and the environment. Reformers had hoped Democratic leaders in Congress would change things. But Living on Earth’s Jeff Young tells us that changing agriculture politics is a tough row to hoe.