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Re:U.S. Farmers Stung by Tariffs Now Face a $3.5B Corn Loss by Retric on Friday August 16, 2019 @10:07PM (#20721504)
You can store food for 20 years. Actually having a 3+ year supply of food would cost less and provide more security than current subsidies.

Also, 51.5 days of excess stocks is not 51.5 days of food on hand.

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Re:U.S. Farmers Stung by Tariffs Now Face a $3.5B Corn Loss by petre on Saturday August 17, 2019 @01:44AM (#20722345)
Storage is already at a premium since the US-China trade war. Not enough storage facilities. Maybe the US should cut from the productiob subsidies and subsidize short term storage?
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