Successive federal governments have been working to get out of the ad-hoc farm payment business — so whether existing programs fit the bill or not, it’s unsurprising when the feds try to shoehorn problems into one or more of those.

Whether existing ag programs fit the bill or not, expect the feds to try to shoehorn problems into them
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