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Do government programs have to be our solution to everything?
- Rumors suggest that government payments for farmers, especially soybean farmers, might occur due to trade war impacts, but nothing has materialized during the government shutdown.
- Farmers face low crop prices, including corn, soybeans, and wheat, resulting in losses, while cattle prices remain high due to a reduced size of the U.S. cattle herd.
- Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins stated that plans to increase the U.S. cattle herd would not include producer payments but focus on working lands and risk management tools.
- The text questions whether every agricultural issue needs a government solution, suggesting that free market principles should play a role in addressing agricultural problems.
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Do government programs have to be our solution to everything?
There have been rumors for weeks that there will be some sort of government payment for farmers — especially soybean farmers — impacted by a trade war started by our government. Of course, it's hard for the government to do much of anything during a government shutdown, let alone when it's supposedly operational, so nothing has come of the rumors so far. But there are plenty in politics and plenty in ag circles pleading for some sort of relief. …
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