Articles by Jared Hayes
More than 4,000 Black farms are gone and House Republican proposals to increase reference prices will make it worse
The number of Black farms in the U.S. plummeted by more than 4,000 from 2017 to 2022, yet some farm groups and House Republicans have proposed to tilt the playing field even further against them.
At least 10,000 farmers took over $11B in farm subsidies over 39 consecutive years
‘Forever chemicals’ at landfills threaten environmental justice communities
As farm income returns to normal levels, gaps continue to grow
While farm income is expected to return to normal levels in 2024, the gap between the largest, most successful farmers and their poorer neighbors continues to grow. Increasing farm subsidies, as some...
Increasing crop reference prices would hurt young farmers
Abandoned: Unsafe ‘forever chemicals’ levels in thousands of drinking water samples near 63 military bases
Rice to riches: Sixteen rice farms padding their pockets with taxpayer dollars
Pocket pickers: Eight cotton farms picking taxpayer pockets
Calls to increase crop reference prices would help fewer than 6,000 farmers
Some farm groups and legislators have proposed increasing price guarantees for major crops. But the higher price guarantees would mostly benefit fewer than 6,000 farms in a few states, EWG found.
USDA livestock subsidies top $59 billion
Corn Belt farmers could dramatically reduce nitrous oxide emissions with a handful of conservation practices
Increasing price guarantees primarily benefits Southern states, analysis shows
Slashing food, climate funds to boost subsidies would hurt farmers, hungry people
Hundreds of city slickers and beach bums received farm subsidies for 37 straight years
Speaker McCarthy should target farm subsidies for the wealthy, not food stamps
This week, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) made ending food assistance for many hungry people one of his demands for raising the debt ceiling.
25 current members of the House collected $14 million in federal farm subsidies
Dozens of House lawmakers and their immediate family members, including eight members of the House Agriculture Committee or their family members, received over $14 million in federal farm subsidies...
‘City slickers’ receiving federal farm subsidies soared under Trump
Nearly 20,000 farmers received farm subsidies for 37 consecutive years
Trump USDA farmer bailout funds flowed to Mar-a-Lago neighbor instead
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