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Farmers Fighting for Subsidies

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    FBN’s Ashley Webster breaks down the battle brewing between farmers and the government.

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And farmers across the country also facing challenges they're getting hit by bad weather and many rely on government subsidies to make ends meet in times like this.

But the subsidies growing out of control actually Webster's on a farm in Chester New Jersey -- -- there any plans to cut back on these subsidies.

Well there's certainly proposals out there Diane in fact just yesterday Republican Chuck Grassley -- -- -- Tim Johnson Grassley of Byron Johnson of South Dakota introduced some legislation.

That's it you know while we should be reducing the the the monetary limits on which people can qualify for farm subsidies right now you can be earning 750000.

Dollars a year in your operation and still qualify for.

Federal government subsidies -- lawmakers would like to bring that down to 200000.

Dollars a year but.

You -- most farmers and they say -- the amount of money we actually get is not that great in this country relies on the product that we turn out.

However there has to be noted that turf farming -- and -- crop production has increased some 20% this year and the average household income is -- half -- farms that nonfarm households.

So when you put -- altogether is a tax pay you ask yourself where these people are making all this money why don't we the taxpayers.

It's going like giving them more money to support them so that's a big issue it's a very complicated -- because.

It comes in many lay is there's a lot of vagueness -- -- around subsidies what exactly constitutes a working farm and the critics will say that there are many loopholes in the law that.

You know you know really managing -- -- but somehow are able to qualify for these subsidies and as we look at of federal baht budget -- a deficit.

In the trillions.

You have to ask yourself that must be some -- places here where the government can save money.

And Diane.

I just spoke to the owner of this bomb hit cut all -- told me you know what let the public has this perception that.

Promise -- just rolling in money that the government and taxpayers are giving us all this money sit in reality.

That is not the case but certainly the numbers -- little hard to understand when you look at the state of the economy right now.

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