Posted by rrlund on December 14, 2012 at 13:12:59 from (207.241.137.116):
In Reply to: Fed. subsides question posted by Larry NEIL on December 14, 2012 at 12:36:18:
Being a beef guy,I can tell you,the only thing I get is DCP,Direct Countercyclical Payment. A few bucks an acre based on my corn,oats and wheat history. Amounts to about a quarter of my property taxes. I can't get it on much rented ground because you need at least a 10 acre base for a crop to get it,and being in a long rotation of hay with only two years of corn,then oats one year before going back to hay for 6-7 years,the base on these small farms I rent doesn't qualify. To be honest,I see it as just a way for the government to bribe me to report my crops every year. As far as I know,DCP isn't a part of either version of the new farm bill. If I don't get a payment,I'm not going to go in and tell the government what I'm doing with every acre that I farm. If they want to know,they can hire somebody with a clip board and a search warrant to look for themselves.
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