但是還沒有壞到象80年代

前幾天讀到說, 阿根廷巴西的農民因為匯率的關係努力的出口玉米大豆.  下麵的文章摘錄則是說, 美國農民在同樣情況下隻有虧本去生產, 唯一的希望就是國家補助了.

The cost of growing cash-rented corn in southern Minnesota was $786 per bushel (acre?) last year, an estimated $740 this year, and about $696 is projected for 2017. The net return on corn was a loss of $140 an acre this year, with a loss of $66 an acre projected for 2017.

It's not surprising that another jammed session was “Maximizing the Benefits of USDA Programs,” with a lot of questions about FSA loan guarantees that allow lenders to refinance some troubled loans.

Those loan guarantees cost the federal government very little, but they have to be appropriated by Congress.