[DOC] [TLE] Why Does the Govt. Pay Farmers to Not Grow Crops? | PBS NewsHour [PAR] Aug 4, 2009 ... Question: Why does the government pay farmers not to grow crops? ... in the 
commercials often are not savable by the time they look like that and its sad. ... 
The problem is that each amount of crop costs something to grow. [DOC] [TLE] Paying farmers not to farm? Not exactly | Harvest Public Media [PAR] Mar 4, 2015 ... That might sound like paying farmers not to farm, but it's actually a complicated 
... than grow any commodities, said Matt Russell, who also works on farm ... 
could switch things up, but still collect a check from the government. [DOC] [TLE] Farm Program Pays $1.3 Billion to People Who Don't Farm [PAR] Jul 2, 2006 ... Nationwide, the federal government has paid at least $1.3 billion in ... It's wrong." 
... Most of the money goes to real farmers who grow crops on their land, but they 
are under no obligation to grow the crop being subsidized. [DOC] [TLE] Farm subsidies: Milking taxpayers - The Economist [PAR] Feb 14, 2015 ... The more alfalfa he did not grow, the more money the government gave ... Sam 
paid some $3m in subsidies to 2,300 farms where no crop of... [DOC] [TLE] Farm subsidies: A welfare program for agribusiness - The Week [PAR] Aug 10, 2013 ... 10 things you need to know today ... In fact, the farm bill pays some farmers not to 
grow crops  in order to avoid oversupply ... pegged crop prices to their historic 
highs and introduced the policy of paying farmers not to produce. ... The farm 
lobby has immense power in Washington, thanks to its generous... [DOC] [TLE] Agricultural Adjustment Act - Wikipedia [PAR] The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) was a United States federal law of the New 
Deal era which reduced agricultural production by paying farmers subsidies not 
to plant on part of their land and to kill off excess livestock. Its purpose was to 
reduce crop surplus and therefore effectively raise the ... in an effort to reduce 
agricultural surpluses, the government paid farmers to... [DOC] [TLE] USDA Gives Millions to Farmers Who Aren't Actually Farming [PAR] Jul 9, 2012 ... 17 Things on Clarence Thomas' Mind During Rare Public Remarks ... Of those 
farms, 622 had not grown any crops since 2001. ... would eliminate these direct 
payments in favor of expanded crop insurance subsidies. .... Philosophically I 
believe that the government needs to return to its constitutional charter... [DOC] [TLE] Farmers Get Biggest U.S. Subsidy Check in Decade as Prices Drop [PAR] Apr 11, 2016 ... In a different measure of government farm payments, a report from the ... which 
sent checks to producers regardless of price, the office said in its report. .... things, 
has several farms which the govt. pays him NOT to grow things. [DOC] [TLE] Farm Bill 2014: It's Even Worse Than the Old Farm Bill | New Republic [PAR] Feb 4, 2014 ... The Farm Bill Still Gives Wads of Cash to Agribusiness. ... That's despite the fact 
that a crop insurance program largely paid for by the government is ... a lot harder 
to eliminate than something as blatant as a direct subsidy payment. ... It's easier 
to denounce a farmer getting paid not to plant their field than to... [DOC] [TLE] Our crazy farm subsidies, explained | Grist [PAR] Apr 20, 2015 ... Let's say you, like so many American farmers, grow corn. ... ups and downs, the 
federal government decided to do something: Enter subsidies. [DOC] [TLE] How Farm Subsidies Harm Taxpayers, Consumers, and Farmers, Too [PAR] Jun 20, 2007 ... Furthermore, food prices are based not only on crop prices, but also on ... in the 
1970s, and after a brief adjustment, its farm economy flourished. ... induce 
farmers to grow whatever government will subsidize, not what consumers really 
want. ... After handing out commodity subsidies that pay farmers to plant... [DOC] [TLE] Farm Bill Primer: 10 Things You Should Know About the Farm Bill [PAR] May 14

Question: It's a government payment to a farmer not to grow something
Answer: subsidy