The reality is we have not been able to compete and we can not compete in the world market without the risk of increasing excessive government subsidies beyond a point of taxpayer and political revolt. The one factor with enough impact to effect a change in this course is weather. A weather market is not farm policy. Simply put, we lack Flexible Fallow price incentives to bring supply more in balance with demand and thus, get more farm income out of the market place instead of the taxpayer. It is hard to believe the trend of the taxpayer money trail and the full production policy can survive any debate.
Farmers can think about what makes more sense.
Flexible Fallow is the only proposal known today that can repair the cracked block and make Freedom to Farm the program it was intended to be. For a number of reasons Flexible Fallow would be extra beneficial for risk management minded producers . There is more at stake here than just money. One last thing, if you are worried about losing more world market share after you study the statistics, answer these questions . The full production freedom of Freedom to Farm and economic freedom have been on a collision course since the very beginning.