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Guest opinion: Stop USDA loans to factory farms
Des Moines Register
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Des Moines, Iowa
| Date: |
Dec 3, 2009 |
| Start Page: |
A.15 |
| Section: |
OPINION |
| Text Word Count: |
512 |
Abstract (Document Summary)
Why encourage beginning farmers to put up capital-intensive factory farms when there is already severe overproduction and record-low prices? USDA could provide much smaller loans to many more beginning family farmers if it stopped making factory farm loans, and directed the money elsewhere.
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