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 But how can farmers survive without subsidies? 
 They can’t 
 The current playbook is subsidies favor Corpo-Mega-Monoculture farms, and give these an unfair advantage over family scale small farms. 

Heavy regulations (see Amos Miller; see K&C Cattle experience with opening a smaller, independent meat processor) also side on side of industrial produced corn sludge. 

There should be a level playing field. 

Is it true farmers cant figure out what is economic to produce without subsidies? 

Do yall discount free market farmers figuring it out? 
 I think these Corpo Mega monoculture farms function better than the smaller farms. And subsidies discourage innovation. I think more tech and innovation needs to go into farming that allows farms to not have to rely on subsidies as much and that will  create a more equal level playing field.