Daren Bakst studies and writes about agriculture subsidies, property rights, environmental policy, food labeling and related issues as The Heritage Foundation’s senior research fellow in agricultural policy. Read his research.
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Congress should not rush to pass a farm bill. Lawmakers should seek to pass sound policy, not lock in bad policy for five years. This… Read More
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The House and Senate have passed their own farms bills and are currently working out differences to come up with a final bill. At a… Read More
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The Trump administration is planning to spend as much as $12 billion in aid to help farmers hurt by the administration’s tariffs. By acknowledging the… Read More
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This week, the House of Representatives is expected to bring to the floor its second “minibus” package of the appropriations season. The bill combines the… Read More
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As the Senate is considering the farm bill, it should be wary of the many misleading claims made by agricultural special interests. Here are three… Read More
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Why would any conservative support the current Senate farm bill? It’s a failure when it comes to food stamps and farm subsidies. This may come… Read More
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The Senate is expected to take up its farm bill this week, and if the Senate follows the House’s lead, there will be a relatively… Read More
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As the farm bill debate heats up, it is important to remember that farm subsidy reform is definitely a conservative issue. Conservatives believe in free… Read More
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The Heritage Foundation’s Daren Bakst appeared on The Daily Signal podcast on Wednesday to discuss the farm bill. Here is a lightly edited transcript of… Read More
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Agricultural special interests try to make it sound as though touching even one farm subsidy—regardless of how unreasonable the subsidy is—will be the end of… Read More
