But how can farmers survive without subsidies?
Discussion
They can’t
The current playbook is subsidies favor Corpo-Mega-Monoculture farms, and give these an unfair advantage over family scale small farms.
Heavy regulations (see Amos Miller; see K&C Cattle experience with opening a smaller, independent meat processor) also side on side of industrial produced corn sludge.
There should be a level playing field.
Is it true farmers cant figure out what is economic to produce without subsidies?
Do yall discount free market farmers figuring it out?
I think these Corpo Mega monoculture farms function better than the smaller farms. And subsidies discourage innovation. I think more tech and innovation needs to go into farming that allows farms to not have to rely on subsidies as much and that will create a more equal level playing field.