Kilts Family Chair in Fiscal Studies, Cato Institute
Congress is considering a major farm bill to extend current agricultural support programs. With rising federal deficits and new caps on spending, policymakers should be looking for reforms in expensive farm programs. The crop insurance program, in particular, has soared in cost, and because it has no income limits, it provides handouts to millionaire farm households. There is also concern that crop subsidies distort the agricultural economy and harm the environment.
Which farm programs should Congress overhaul or repeal? Could American farmers prosper under a downsized agricultural subsidy system? Join our panel of experts to explore these issues and get your questions answered about common‐sense farm policy reforms.
Please join us at noon on September 27 in the Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2168.
