
Fed's Big Ag Policy is Anything But "Green"
• Lew Rockwell blogSo why would farmers plow up such risky land? Simple: Federal policy has
made it a high-reward, tiny-risk proposition. Prices for corn and soy
doubled in real terms between 2006 and 2011, the authors note, driven up
byfederal corn-ethanol mandates and relentless Wall Street speculation. Then there's federally subsidized crop insurance, the authors add.