farm subsidy
Government crop support
A farm subsidy is a government payment to agricultural producers, typically to stabilize food prices, ensure domestic food supply, or support farmer incomes during difficult market conditions.
Subsidies may take various forms: direct payments, price supports, crop insurance, or payments for not planting certain crops.
Critics argue they distort markets and disproportionately benefit large agribusinesses over small farmers.
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
- cropCultivated agricultural plants
- cash cropProduce grown for sale
- cornCereal grown on cobs
- wheatCereal crop for flour
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- economic policymonetary policy, tax policy, fiscal discipline, fiscal stimulus, fiscal restraint
- farm financecrop insurance, operating loan, crop yield, land value, land lease
- subsidiesdirect payments, direct payment, state aid, housing aid, federal aid
- farmingcrop, crops, harvest, harvests, harvesting
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