CAFO's basically have their own coupons written out to them from good old Uncle Sam. The grains used to feed the animals in the farms is reduced in price due to subsidies. Tax payer dollars make corn less valuable than the cost of production. States how we should stop subsidizing commodity crops and promote organic grown animals. Require a pasture for organic certified animals, reduce or phase out corn oil subsidies which is the leading cause of distiller grains being in animals diets due to remarkably low prices.
EQIP: meant to be given to farms that par take conservation practices. During1996 the cap per year was $10,000 and it could not be spent on building animal waste storage facilities. IN 2002 the limit was removed and it was made easier for factory farms to receive money. It was very possible for a CAFO to receive $450,000 in one year from EQIP also now they could spend the money on building waste storage facilities.
Instead of giving money to help the already huge CAFOs grow it should be used to promote conservation in an attempt to protect our slowly deteriorating environment. Put EQIP ccaps back into place and restrict who receives the money. Use livestock size, type, manure amount, and funding size as regulations to reduce any subsidies that the CAFOs may receive.
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