America's farmers and ranchers can make pretty good livings, except when it's too dry, too wet, too cold, too hot, too windy, or when any of thousands of insects or diseases lay waste to their crops or herds. Faced with so many unpredictable and unavoidable income-destroying disasters, why do farmers and ranchers do it? Why do they just keep on feeding us? For that, we can thank the Federal Farm Safety Net. [Learn more...]
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