Related issue: Many farmers downplay the value of subsidies for risk management products except in years where they pay out.
But the value of the subsidy is in having risk management in the first place.
But the value of the subsidy is in having risk management in the first place.
https://twitter.com/sarah_k_mock/status/1307811154882895879
That's either a function of the constant need to downplay the crony capitalism that props up status quo ag or underscores that they don't really value the risk products and wouldn't bother to purchase them in the first place.
Because, if somebody was helping pay for your car insurance, you wouldn't say that that help had no value unless you got in an accident and the insurance paid out. But I hear essentially the same thing from farmers all the time.
The value of the subsidy isn't the pay out. It's being covered.
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