Under current policy, large farming operations raising five crops -- corn, cotton, rice, soybeans and wheat -- reap the bulk of subsidies, even when they are prospering. Blame it on the combined lobbying might of the large farming operations that pocket most of the benefits, their equipment and chemical suppliers, and the multinational food makers that buy their subsidized products. Members can plow their way to five more seasons of unfair, wasteful, misdirected and trade-disrupting...

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By Kim Burgess Published: Sunday, November 11, 2007 2:22 AM CST Issue over subsidy bill heads to Senate with one question: Who really benefits? Do farm subsidies allow the rich to get richer while cutting out the small-scale producer? Debate is intense as the issue hits the Senate this week. By Kim Burgess Published: Sunday, November 11, 2007 2:22 AM CST Issue over subsidy bill heads to Senate with one question: Who really benefits? Do farm subsidies allow the rich to get richer while...

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A new politics has sprouted up around the farm bill, traditionally a parochial piece of legislation thrashed out in private between the various agricultural interests (wheat growers versus corn growers; meatpackers versus ranchers) without a whole lot of input or attention from mere eaters. A new politics has sprouted up around the farm bill, traditionally a parochial piece of legislation thrashed out in private between the various agricultural interests (wheat growers versus corn growers;...