Farm Project Introduction

Farm subsidies are federal funds that help farmers manage their production and profit

from year to year. These funds help farmers who endure risks from change in weather, market

prices, disruption in demand and other factors. They help to ensure a stable food supply. With

farm subsidies, farmers receive minimum prices for their crops even when supply is greater than

demand. The government will pay the minimum price for crops, to help keep up the market

price. These programs will also pay farmers to leave their land unsown for a period to avoid

overproduction of designated crops. It pays farmers to make sure the supply does not exceed the

demand, when it does the government will purchase the excess crops to feed low income

individuals. The support is mainly for corn, rice, soybean, wheat and cotton. Dairy and sugar

can be costly to the government, so its producers have separate prices and market controls that

are highly regulated.[ CITATION Fly19 \l 1033 ]. Farm subsidies are intended to help farmers

maintain steady prices and supply, which will both keep farmers profitable.