date:Aug 11, 2016
the Brookings Institute to the Mercatus Center to the Heritage Foundation.
Thriving without subsidies
Further, agricultural products that receive little to no direct subsidies from the American government, such as, fruit, vegetables and tree nuts, have managed to thrive. According to the Economic Research Service at the USDA, the U.S. fruit and tree nuts industry generates over US$25 billion in farm cash receipts annually, accounting for 13 percent of the total receipts for all agricultural co