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Department of Agriculture [USDA] spends millions to get Americans to eat more dairy products
Charlotte Observer/NYT ^
| 07 November 2010
| Michael Moss
Posted on 11/07/2010 1:07:44 PM PST by Lorianne
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To: DTogo
This was directly paid for by the dairy farmers, under a checkoff program.
is largely financed by a government-mandated fee on the dairy industry.
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posted on
11/07/2010 2:57:49 PM PST
by
Balding_Eagle
(Overproduction, one of the top five worries of the American Farmer each and every year..)
To: Balding_Eagle
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posted on
11/07/2010 2:58:20 PM PST
by
Balding_Eagle
(Overproduction, one of the top five worries of the American Farmer each and every year..)
To: KC_for_Freedom
See post #21.
Remember the “Other White Meat” campaign? Funded by the pork producers, not the USDA.
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posted on
11/07/2010 3:00:17 PM PST
by
Balding_Eagle
(Overproduction, one of the top five worries of the American Farmer each and every year..)
To: Lorianne
Cut out the pork ... and the cheese. I believe that Brillat-Savin was correct: Un dessert sans fromage est une belle à qui il manque un oeil (A dessert without cheese is like a beautiful woman with only one eye.)
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posted on
11/07/2010 3:20:42 PM PST
by
snowsislander
(Chicago-style politics at a national level is a national disgrace.)
To: Lorianne
Well, let's try that again:
Cut out the pork ... and the cheese. I believe that Brillat-Savarin was correct: Un repas sans fromage est une belle à qui il manque un oeil.
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11/07/2010 3:24:34 PM PST
by
snowsislander
(Chicago-style politics at a national level is a national disgrace.)
To: DTogo
The USDA should be disbanded at the Federal level and replaced with simple agricultural quality "standards" the 50 States all agree to maintain and enforce at the state level.
Savings: $20.8BnI'm curious about your number of $20.8Bn. I hadn't realized anyone had done the comparison.
A few things many people don't realize...
- Although the "budget" number for the USDA was, using 2009 as an example, $109.3 billion, the actual Congressional appropriation they had was $170.5 billion.
(Source: FY2009 Performance and Accountability Report [PDF], page ii) - Of that $170.5 billion, 66% went to "Improve the Nation's Nutrition and Health"--while the previous year it was 46%.
(Source: FY2009 Performance and Accountability Report [PDF], page 5 [note, the graphs have incorrect labels]) - What went down while that went up?
- "Support Increased Economic Opportunities and Improved Quality of Life in Rural America" was cut to 1/5 of what it was...now only 3% of the budget.
- "Enhance International Competitiveness of American Agriculture" is 1/4 what it was the year before.
- "Enhance the Competitiveness and Sustainability of Rural and Farm Economies" drupped from 25% to 19%.
- In other words, a shift from rural funding to handouts.
(Source: FY2009 Performance and Accountability Report [PDF], page 5 [note, the graphs have incorrect labels])
- The USDA has more than 100,000 employees, which is addition to state agricultural agencies--and contractors. Note, however, Secretary Vilsack reports that they have no idea how many employees they have--he can't get an answer. But some people think that it's about 1 UDSA employee for every 30 farmers or farm workers!
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11/07/2010 4:11:01 PM PST
by
Gondring
(Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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