And it does seem the government continues to give direct payments to farmers - even though it is under the guise of the insurance program: https://www.fsa.usda.gov/news-room/news-releases/2021/usda-p...
I would also not call the price protection programs an insurance program. Being able to sell at a certain price seems like a pretty strong and direct subsidy.
And the export credit, which is not overseen by the USDA at all, continues.
And when you look the breakdown you'll see when direct payments ended. Insurance is going to pay out, yes. That's what insurance is for...
> I would also not call the price protection programs an insurance program.
I would. It is setup as an insurance system. Price/income insurance isn't uncommon, even outside of agriculture. If you work as an employee, you are afforded access to similar insurance.
As you can see in your second link, the direct payments ended under Obama. All of the remaining programs for commodity producers are insurance-based.
Perhaps what you are trying to say is that there are time travellers coming to us from the past to tell us about how things used to be (from our perspective)? But why would anyone listen to them?