PLANS TO BOOST COMMODITY PRODUCTION A HOUSE OF CARDS
The Biden Administration announced proposals in recent weeks designed to boost production of wheat, soybeans, rice, and other major commodity crops to make up for lost global exports due to Russia’s war in Ukraine. In this blog post, the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) joins a public choir skeptical of the White House’s plans, as well as adjacent whispers circulating on Capitol Hill to permanently boost commodity farm subsidies in the upcoming Farm Bill. These federal incentives would be nothing more than stopgap measures to hide deep-rooted issues which threaten the security and resilience of our food supply chain.
Background
Two weeks ago, the White House announced a $ 500 million proposal to boost commodity production as one piece of a $ 33 billion funding request to Congress to address global fallout from Russia’s war in Ukraine. $ 100 million …