no one wants to admit it, but if the US Government bought 1 billion bushels of Corn at $5/bushel and set it on fire, it would do more for Farmers than +$50 billion dollars worth of subsidies
but of course, these programs do not really benefit the Farmers directly, rather the ones they owe money to
This aid will push US government payments to farmers in 2026 to $55.4 billion, based on USDA's earlier net farm income forecast with $8 billion added to it. The highest previous aid year was $45.6 billion in 2020, driven by trade aid and pandemic payments.