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This is only peripheral to your discussion, but - on the topic of farm subsidies, there is some data the Americans may want to look at. In the 1990's, New Zealand phased out ALL farm subsidies. There was some short-term pain for farmers, but they quickly adapted, and today NZ farmers are doing extremely well. So don't let anyone tell you ending subsidies will kill the family farmer - it might just be the best thing that could happen to them. The following link is to an old article, but it has a lot of detail about this issue.
http://newfarm.rodaleinstitute.org/features/0303/newzealand_...