I ever heard Tuberville make sense.

which initially began with the establishment of USDA offices in every county in the U.S. to teach good agricultural practices, was to also have the U.S. government buy excess crops (and subsidize farmers for not planting as part of introducing price controls) but THEN set aside those government-purchased crops (and anything made from them) as food for those in poverty.

History of the United States Farm Bill

Like Social Security, the "Farm Bill" was a New Deal program that the GOP has wanted to eliminate for almost a century.

I knew people who were given excess cheese, sugar , flour .and many other products. That was during the depression and many were starving.
My Mother would not touch it because it was welfare! I grew up with that same mentality. I think pride was the word she used. But we lived in a Farming Community. Family Farm until Grandpa grew too old to farm. He was a carpenter, too. Built houses. Gave my Dad his share and he went to work at the Defence plant.

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(it "officially" went off the books in the 2014 Farm Bill)

Typical Republican ignorance and stupidity.

Farmers depend on food stamps; migrant farm workers are eligible for food stamps, allowing farmers to pay sub-standard wages maximizing their profits.

Fluctuating commodity prices to rising input costs are the main culprits. That will only get worse if Trump gets in another trade war. Larger farms are able to handle those problems better due to the efficiencies and advantages that come with economies of scale. That's capitalism.

What Tuberville is suggesting is welfare for family farms that can't compete with the big, efficient corporate farms. Why is welfare ok for family farmers but not ok for poor people?

Because, in his so-called mind, farmers generally vote Republican and poor people vote Democratic.

He is not capable of writing a bill, but he is capable of running his mouth

On FARM Fresh food. Hey moron, it helps those in need of food and the farmers. Money well spent. I'll bet there are enough people that have in the past or currently utilize foodstamps that can vote that idiot out of office his next time around. C'mon I know you can do it.

For every dollar of fs spent $1.79 is added to the gdp

I guess his vision for America is people going through dumpsters looking for food.

He is all gung-ho to protect the "unborn", but once they breath air? Fuck'em all.

No it doesn't. He would have been for cutting SNAP and other aid programs regardless the farm subsidies.

It's like saying we need to cut auto manufacturers subsidies instead of the gasoline tax. Or cut congressional pay raises instead of anything we spend money on. That one might make sense though.

Many "family farms" have been bought up by huge corporate farms. One thing that's happening is when long time farmers pass away their kids just aren't interested in farming and sell out, it's happened in my family. Tuberville would somehow claim that Democrats are to blame for this.

A first class piece of shit!!

Don't own the little farms that are practically gone. The "families" he wants to help are named Tyson Smithfield and Dole.

They brought you chickens fed on their own crap and milk with bird flu virus. They brought you mama pigs birthing in spaces so small they couldn't turn around. They brought you cattle and sheep feed on their own dead to more rapidly spread mad cow disease.

These are the "families" he wants to help. In exchange for letting our less wealthy die of starvation. Sounds like a plan from a psychopath.....wait it is.

and some of the military personnel are on food stamps............what a twit.............he really is a twit...........resign...........JFC..........

....which many small farmers don't want government subsidies, they just want a fair price for their goods

You see the commodities that the farmers produce prices are supported by people
buying them with food stamps.

Small towns out of it too.

Let 'em buy their own.