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Publication Date: June 2007
Publisher: Environmental Working Group
Author(s): Ken Cook
Research Area: Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Keywords: farm subsidies
Type: Report
Abstract:
The lists of top subsidy beneficiaries have changed dramatically. Just about every ranking of subsidy payments has changed in this new database because, for the first time, USDA has tracked subsidy benefits as they pass through tens of thousands of farm business entities—agribusiness cooperatives, partnerships, joint ventures and corporations—and has assigned virtually all farm subsidy 'benefits' to individuals. The Farm Bill 2007 Policy Analysis Database bases all of its rankings and analyses on this new benefits tracking data.