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| So much for living high on subsidies… |
Hi, I'm Amanda! My family farms corn and soybeans in Southwest Michigan. I'm also a practicing attorney.
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These mass tort cases--and the lawyers who bring them---are an absolute nightmare. While they once focused on pharmaceutical companies, they now have agriculture in their sights. And millions of consumers see advertisements about how dangerous crop-protection tools are, leading them to believe it's accurate.
Opinion: Trial lawyers target agriculture products in 'Judicial Hellholes'
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In this opinion piece, Tiger Joyce with the American Tort Reform Association discusses trial lawyers' focus on agriculture products.
I promise I'm not playing Chicken Little when I talk about about issues facing agriculture can and may impact all of us! The egg-price ordeal is the perfect example!
Chicken Little? Egg Prices Say Not-So-Fast - The Farmer's Daughter USA
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When farmers talk about concerns of drought, disease, and weather, it isn't just to create an atmosphere of alarmism. Egg prices prove it.
Wanda is an excellent person to follow if you have questions about modern hog production.
The biggest share of subsidies go to the biggest farmers! The smaller and mid-size farmers are the ones with off-farm income.
How can you substantiate that? I mean, of course a larger farm is going to have more subsidies because, well, they have a bigger share of the risks. But small and mid-sized farmers can get them too.