Agriculture economist David Widmar says the latest Market Facilitation Program outlay results in direct farm payments being higher than in recent memory, but not at record levels. Widmar, the co-founder of Ag Economic Insights, tells Brownfield MFP 2.0 payments bring early estimates for 2019 federal farm payments to about $21 billion. “If we were to …
Aug 01
Federal farm payments are high, but not a record
