The American Farm Bureau Federation board of directors says it does not agree with proposals to completely do away with direct payments. A paper released by AFBF Thursday says although direct payments should be scaled back, they do not believe they should be eliminated as part of the risk management tools that farmers use now.
AFBF’s Mary Kay Thatcher says they suggest that 90% of farm program cuts “be evenly divided on a percentage basis among commodity, conservation, and nutrition
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