"The federal government spends more than $20 billion a year on subsidies for farm businesses. The current farm law — enacted in 2014 — added new crop programs that have turned out to be more costly than promised. The law expires this year, and subsidy proponents are eager for Congress to pass another expensive bill. But farm subsidies impose a burden on federal taxpayers, and they harm the economy. A new bulletin from Cato scholar Chris Edwards argues that Congress should rethink its costly farm policies, and take steps to cut (and eventually end) farm subsidies."
https://www.cato.org/publications/tax-budget-bulletin/reforming-federal-farm-policies
https://www.cato.org/publications/tax-budget-bulletin/reforming-federal-farm-policies