I must have missed the part that calculated the cost to my family of the food I actually buy if the farming industry is limited to the corporate farmers. I don't like subsidies of any kind but I also like both points of view to be researched and presented.
The huge corporate farms provide the vast majority of output today. To say that small farms keep prices down is just silly. (
Click here for stats) The only thing subsidies accomplish is to prop up food prices by supporting inefficient farms. Moreover, some subsidies actually restrict supply. The truth is, a totally free market in agriculture would lower prices and stop the most massive welfare scheme in the country. This article was well written and presented the arguments that the author thought were valid.