The Megabill’s New Handouts to Meat & Dairy Producers, Explained

The Megabill’s New Handouts to Meat & Dairy Producers, Explained

When Republican lawmakers passed the so-called “megabill” earlier this month, they packed it with new provisions for agriculture. In addition to increasing crop subsidies and cutting SNAP funding, the megabill provides more funding assistance for livestock farmers through both new and old federal programs. The assistance is meant to protect producers from losses, but the provisions may also end up discouraging farmers from improving farming prac…